I thought something was up several weeks ago when my husband, Roger, said to me, “I want you to do something to make you feel good about yourself. Why don’t you make a list of all of your friends?”
So I did and I showed it to him. See? I have friends in the computer and friends not in the computer and friends who exist in both places.
Then my sneaky husband colluded with my sneaky sister, my sneaky mom and a sneaky friend to throw me a sneaky surprise party.
Roger and I had just finished having a romantic dinner downtown and were discussion our after-dinner options. We’d decided on going home to watch a movie on demand. On the way to the car, Roger casually asked if I wanted to step into the dueling piano bar that was straight ahead, just past our car. I shrugged and said, “Sure,”* thinking I’d love to sing a little song, dance a little dance and drink a little drink before we turned in for the night.
When we walked into the door of the venue, I saw a slew of familiar faces. People from my family (Mom and Dad in a bar I was too old for!). My entire Vino Support Group. My local blogging friends, an ALI blogging friend. A friend from a job long past, a yoga friend, a friend from my meditation class. It was like basking in 360 degrees (arc, not heat) of love, accompanied by music from all my decades. All my worlds colliding in such a celebratory way
As you can see, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
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Even though this isn’t a perfect moment post (those will go up on December 31 — get yours ready), I had so many perfect moments that night and into the next day as I daydreamed about My Special Night.
I can’t wait ’til the next milestone.
But I will.
* What would have happened if I’d said, “Nah…I’m tired”?
20 Responses
That’s lovely! Well done, Roger.
How absolutely fabulous! Sounds like fantastic fun. You have a good guy and he did well!
Looks like you all have a wonderful time. Well Done Mr. Roger!
So sweet! Love that he had you make a list of your friends so that you feel good….great concept!
What a dreamy guy!
Wow. Your husband wins husband of the year award. Such a great idea.
Awesome! Happy Birthday – what a great idea!!! It looks like you had a fantastic time…
What a lovely, sweet surprise! This post made me smile.
That is so so so awesome. Love that he did that for you.
That’s so fun!
You didn’t know? WOw, he’s a man with a plan who can keep a secret!
You rock. Quite literally.
love love love that they did this! such a happy 50th!
Happy Birthday. what a great surprise!
I’m getting caught up on all my bloggy reading… this made me smile! What a wonderful suprise!
Roger rocks and so do you! What an awesome thing to do for you in honor of turning 50! Those pictures are so fun and you look like you were having a blast! How cool that you two swing dance together! I LOVE swing dancing and used to do it every Tuesday night at a local bar on campus when I was in grad school, but haven’t done it in a long time. Anyway, happy birthday to you and I am so glad that you had such a wonderful night celebrating with your loved ones! Wish I could have been there too! xoxo
This is fantastic!!!!!! Looks like you had quite the bash…and well-deserved of course!
Can’t believe I’m so late to the game here – what a wonderfully cool hubby you have. What a great idea. Of course you were surrounded by love, because sometimes we actually do get what we give.
xoxo
So fun! What a fabulous team of sneaks to plan such a great surprise!
Such a great thing for your hubby to do! He’s a keeper!