Not a Material Person

My husband is not a material person.

During first year of our marriage, whatever presents I gifted him, he accepted graciously. But he asked me not to gift him any material things going forward. He also mentioned if I still want to, then those things should be made by me or our family members. That’s it. Since then, I would think about ideas to do something new each time for him.

In last nine years,

• I wrote many romantic poetries and shayaries for him (yes, we are called love birds by our family and friends).
• I wrote him love letters as gifts.
• For past few years, kids and I made different kind of crafts for him.

On side note, I loved doing all that especially with kids. One of the best quality times that kids and I spend together is doing artwork without any rush. I still remember this year for his birthday we made vases from empty bottles of olive oil and pickle jars. And he simply loved it.

On our 10th anniversary, which was on (Dec 20th 2013), I wanted to make something special for him that I never did before. But, around that timeframe, so much was going on that I was afraid I won’t be able to make anything for him in time. I wanted to make 10 cards for him. With kids and I being sick, I decided to go for easy route. I entered Hallmark picked 10 greeting cards. At checkout counter I realized $47 is too much for those cards and on the top of that he won’t enjoy it as much compared to personalized cards. So I reduced it to 5 and I thought I will somehow manage to make 5 cards on my own. But I wanted to do 10 cards for sure as a way to look back and look ahead during this milestone. I talked to one of my friends from right then and there. I shared with her what was going on in my mind (I am thankful for such friends who I can call anytime for anything). She said, “Why don’t you buy fancy letter pad and write him letter.” I told her I have done it before. She said, “So what do it again”. Then I dropped those 5 hallmark cards and went to look for fancy letter pad that I couldn’t find. Instead I found one and only one pack of blank empty cards; as if it was sitting there on the shelf to be picked up by me. I picked it up without thinking twice. Then I turned it into the following:

One by one he opened it. With each card, I loved watching his expressions and emotions, it was priceless....

If you have that someone special in your life who is not a material person, please feel free to share your gift ideas in comments section. I would love to hear it.