....he's just awesome.

I got a parcel from him today.  He bought me some birthday presents. 

He got me a jewellery box made out of carved and polished camel bone, some butterflies in a frame, a necklace and matching bracelet (he got himself a matching necklace too) and a ring. 

All of these things were totally unexpected.  He'd got them from local artists and traders and was very proud of himself for haggling in Arabic for them.  The necklace and bracelet are particularly meaningful.....when we firststarted getting serious in our relationship he wanted me to wear a bracelet that he had....and I lost it.  It broke and fell off somewhere, and I was heartbroken.  He blew it off at the time and said it wasn't a big deal, but years afterwards he told me that it had bothered him because he was just a broke Airman at the time and that was his version of a 'promise ring'.

The necklaces and bracelets that he bought for us are exactly the same as the one that he gave me all those years ago.  How sweet is that?! 

I sure do wish he was here.  I sure do miss that man......and I sure do love him like no other.

'There is no other in the world
Mine is the only one'

~ Emily Dickenson.