The Valentine's Day before Ron died (2008) was quiet for us.  But the next day, Ron came home with a dozen orange roses!  They were beautiful and that was my Ron.  He preferred to give when it was least expected.  Once that was established between us (a long time ago), his gifts were quite thoughtful.  I loved him for many things but one of those things was his thoughtfulness.

This will be short but a memory of a January past:

We were living in VA and my birthday was approaching.  My birthday became just another day to me the older I got but this one year, Ron and Caryn had become a bit suspicious in nature.  On the day of my birthday (the 25th) the weather forcast was cold and snow!  Ron was becoming more and more anxious, something he was normally not, so I was totally confused.  Well the snow storm had become much worse than thought so now Ron and Caryn sat me down and confessed they had planned a birthday party for me!  They had to tell me because of the weather they had to cancel the party. 

It was one of the sweetest things Ron had done for my birthday ever.  Even though the party never happened, just knowing that he had made all the plans was such a gift to me.

Birthdays after we moved south had evolved to family dinners at the choice of resturant of the birthday person.