I wanted to find my wife something extremely significant for our anniversary. This would be our first anniversary and I just really wanted to communicate my love and my faith with a great gift. I was looking at a ton of white gold jewelry. This is because my wife enjoys silver more than gold, but I want to give her something of the utmost value. I come across a silver cross necklace, but this is not exactly what I am looking for. I want something of value, but not quite as expensive as the platinum cross necklace I discovered!
I keep searching. As I am looking I think about my gorgeous partner. I think about how true her faith is and how much I admire her for that. I want to buy her something that exhibits my respect, my adoration, and my appreciation. I find a few very pretty white gold cross earrings, but she already has tons of earrings. Thus I keep searching.
I eventually find what I'm looking for--a white gold cross necklace. It is plain, simple, and absolutely beautiful--just like my wife. I'm positive she'll love it. I instinctively buy it the moment I find it.
Unfortunately, the way that I am, I am completely confident when I purchase the present, but the time between then and giving it to her I convince myself it was wrong, I fret and worry. What if a white gold cross necklace is not the right present to get my wife? She deserves the best, is it the best I can do?
So, after making myself sick for a fortnight worrying about my wife's response to her new white gold cross necklace, I give it to her.
I hold my breath.
She starts weeping! Oh my goodness, what have I done? I nearly begin weeping too, I try to ease her and then she gazes at me, and she says,
"Dear, this is the most gorgeous white gold cross necklace necklace I have ever seen and I feel blessed to have a spouse like you that would think to give it to me."
Okay, good, I can start breathing again, she doesn't hate me... hang on, she really likes it...wow, I picked something really great for my wife? Well, that's what she says.
I now know that when I am looking to purchase jewelry for my wife, I should always go with my gut instinct. I have known her long enough to know what she likes and she wears that white gold cross necklace every day, so I'm pretty sure I did a good job.