Here is the story of our first Christmas that I found tucked away in my drafts folder...
On Christmas Eve, I was instructed that I needed to go to bed so that Josh could prepare one of my presents. In that moment, I reverted back to my younger years when I would lay in excited anticipation for Santa to deliver my loot. "Really?" I thought. "I have to stay in here." It's funny how you don't want to do something until someone tells you you can't.
On Christmas morning, when I opened a small silver box and discovered a clue, I was intrigued. It was a treasure hunt to find my present! Pajama-clad and dreary-eyed, I had a tough time deciphering some of the clues without any caffeine, but nonetheless, I was more than thrilled to discover that my clever, smart and handy husband had installed a new CD changer in my car!
Not wanting an after-market CD changer, Josh had found a junk yard on Ebay that sold a 2005 Mazda 3 thingamajigger (whole middle part). He installed only the CD changer so that we wouldn't have to submit the car to the dealership for possible computer "un-locking" issues.
Now that I FINALLY have a CD player back in my car, I have offered a heart-felt sayonara to the morning radio shows that I begrudgingly tuned in to each morning. After a year and a half without a CD player, I am in heaven to have it back. What a luxury!
If that weren't enough, I saved even BETTER for last! There was another light-as-a-feather box under the tree with my name on it. I opened it to find another piece of paper:
You see, Josh had been practicing his keyboard for the better part of a month. He played with headphones on, so I could only hear the noise of they keys depressing in an unintelligible rhythm. And today was the day I got to hear the song he had been practicing: Billy Joel's "She's Got a Way". This wasn't any ordinary song, but it was our first dance song from our wedding day.
He sang and played and I swooned and cried. It was such a sweet and heartfelt gift that only he could give me. I am so blessed to have such a creative and lovely husband.
Here is the original. I couldn't find a live video, which is what I would have preferred.
2 comments:
Not that it matters, but I actually learned the song in about 2 days, but played it at least twice every day thereafter to make sure I didn't forget on Christmas Morning ;-)
:)
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