Little Things

So Chris just got back last night from Ohio. His first business trip. He was only gone for one night, so I wasn't here too long by myself. For anyone that knows my relationship with my husband, we aren't always the most sensitive or lovey-dovey types towards one another. This trip he suprised me. Just a little, just enough to make me smile.

Clue #1: I asked him jokingly if he bought me anything. With hesitation, he says no.

Clue #2: He told me not to check the account. Not a giveaway there or anything!

Clue #3: He had to check his bag. Said it was "too big".

Little did I know that the space at his feet was occupied by a box. A small, easy to carry, odd shaped box. A certain blue coloring covered it with a distinct logo. One that many parents know and children easily recognize. A place where grown men avoid at all costs, especially being seen alone in with no apparent reason. I wonder what people thought... is it for a kid he was going to see?... his wife?...

He arrived at home right at 9:00. From the darkness down the hallway he came, trying to conceal this box. As he tries to tell me something, I peek behind him. I see it. It's a Build-A-Bear box. Yes. One of those. I get so excited that I hardly hear what he's telling me. I take the box and open it. Inside was a small, golden bear. He got me a teddy bear. No accesories like you see with most bears, but plain and simple. Just like us.

When he goes away for work again, I'll have something in his place. I'm so proud. He'll kill me if he knows I wrote this, but I had to. Not too many people see this side of him, or either of us for that matter. It means the world to me.

P.S.- I named the bear Columbo. He had just returned from Columbus, Ohio. Sounded fitting. I wonder where he'll travel to next?...