Gift Giving Guy

Years ago, my mother-in-law joked that she should be the one getting flowers on my wife’s birthday. “After all, I’m the one who birthed her,” she said with a wink. Weeks later, I sent her a dozen roses on my wife’s birthday. The flowers came with note card that read, “Mom – Thanks for birthing her!”

This weekend is my wife’s birthday, and each year, I’ve kept the tradition. I just called my local florist, and my mother-in-law will receive a “winter oasis” of roses, Asiatic lilies and hydrangea (pictured right) on Saturday. Even though I’ve sent flowers each January, it’s still a surprise for her when she receives them. And the note card remains the same: “Mom – Thanks for birthing her!”