Love tanks

We had our supper last night with the couple who got married.

They had a wonderful time on honeymoon, are here for a bit and jet off to the UK tomorrow night.

Their tickets back home are already booked for 16 Dec which is nice because it’s not a vague “oh, see you sometime in the next year, but see you in December” farewell.

I was telling them exactly what I loved about their wedding and I said to him that his speech was so beautiful and how, being a words of affirmation person, I loved every single word.

Then I had to give a quick rundown of the 5 love languages.

They loved it!

He is like me – words of affirmation and acts of service – and hers are gifts first and then physical touch.

I gave them their gift yesterday and since it was two envelopes, I tied a gorgeous bow to make it look special.

She squealed when she saw it.

He loved reading our card :)

We decided that they are perfectly matched as he can read all the cards and she can open the gifts :)

I ended up giving cash since there were a few small inconveniences with delivering the John Lewis voucher plus a disc of all the pics I took at the wedding.

They loved hearing my story of how the signage at the venue said “K & B”, with her name first and HUGE, and how the security guard said to us, “are you here for K’s wedding?” and how I said, “yes, K AND B” :)

I took their wedding invite, cut out the pic of them and put it in a photo frame in the dining room, ever so casually, so they could see it when we had supper. They loved it! It happened to fit perfectly in a standard 10 X 15 photo frame which thrilled me.

Anyway, we had a lovely evening and they even got to see Connor (and Friday, the teddy bear) who came to see us when his medication was wearing off.

K sees the kids every few months as we have lots of coffee dates together in the afternoons when she’s done with school (she teaches) and she was amazed at how he’s grown. B hasn’t seen them for about a year so he was shell-shocked!


My love tank is also full:

• D said some lovely things to me on Mother’s Day. I told him to write it down because my memory is bad and I don’t want to forget.
• The twitter comment yesterday…
• And on Saturday at our infertility group get-together, I received the most beautiful card from one of the ladies. A thank-you card for speaking in March and how she was so blessed by hearing my testimony. She also said she believes I am called to bring hope and light into the lives of women who are struggling to conceive and that my going through all of it is my platform. How lovely. I receive it!!!


How full is your love tank at the moment? What needs to happen to top it up?

PS I have been searching hi and low for binder rings for some crafty things I want to do – I don’t think we make them in South Africa.

So is there a kind person from the US out there who normally goes to a stationery store and is willing to send me a pack or two? If yes, please contact me so we can arrange payment? I would be eternally grateful.