Me: "Umm…
"It says, Happy Anniversary in Chinese.
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I have a story for you. Once upon a time, in a land far far away… no, no, no. I'm just kidding! Not that kind of story... 😁
Anyone who knows him, knows that I am seriously blessed in the husband department! He always surprises me in different ways & I wanted to do something special for him. After researching all about 20th anniversary ideas, getting together a plan & ordering the stuff, I told him that I wanted to surprise him this time. I was going to take care of everything to celebrate our 20th anniversary, dinner included. He looked at me, smiled, laughed, and said it's 21.
What? It's 21? I've been thinking it was 20 for months now. It wasn't until I finally remembered all of the amazing Facebook wishes for our 20th anniversary last year, that I realized he was actually right. Doing a little math would have also been helpful. 😝
You might possibly think I forget that kind of stuff all the time! I don't. It is really showing how much my mind has been affected by MS. That's one of those "hidden" symptoms. Thankfully, I have heard many people talk about their brain fog being one of the first things to improve with HSCT. So, I'm excited for that… I need a serious brain adjustment! 😆
Oh, and as for the cake decorations... Well, my Mom had this amazing idea to decorate a cake with Chinese letters to say Happy Anniversary. I had already planned a Chinese themed celebration in place of the traditional gift of China… for your 20th wedding anniversary before Phil reminded me that it was actually our 21st. Our son got to decorate the cake. But, he lost the paper that said what to write. So, he just made up his own version of happy anniversary. That's what's on the top line. The second line, in his interpretive Chinese lettering, says 20th, which is crossed-out and then 21st is written next to it. 🤣🤣🤣
