Raven (you did wonder where I got my name from, yes? ) took us to Oak's Park in Portland, where we had our first kiss four years ago. We went out to eat at the Outback Steakhouse, and exchanged some very artistic gifts. I was both touched and impressed by what he was able to make without my assistance, since normally he relies on me for any artistic ideas he has (such as the Rooster comic).
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| Raven and me standing on the very place we shared our first kiss! |
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| On the Carousel together |
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| Raven looks so calm and pensive sitting on the carousel horse |
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I made this painting for Raven in acrylic, on a small canvas. I'm normally not a fan of actual paint (and when I do, I tend to prefer water color and water-color pencils), and I'm normally not that great at them either. I was pleased enough with this painting though to give it to Raven for our anniversary. The symbolism being a wolf with a raven on its back, lending a guiding wing. It's our animals (obviously, haha!).
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| Raven gave me a Sonic Screwdriver as one of my anniversary gifts, hah! Geek out! |
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| My cat, Clover, was fascinated with the Sonic Screwdriver. It lights up AND makes noise! |
The best gift of all though was this simply little "love coupon", which has a fairly long, utterly sweet and touching story behind it.
Back... oh... two, almost three years ago, waay back when Raven lived with his friend in their apartment in Gresham, that long ago, I used to have these cute
little "love coupons" that I bought I can't remember how long ago (I
think I was still in high school when I got them).
There were
originally like 5 or 6, all saying things like "Redeem for a Kiss" or
"This coupon is good for one Night on the Town" or "Good for One Roll in
the Hay", and the one shown here, "Good for One Night of Falling in
Love All Over Again". Most of them I lost or had given to my ex (same
thing, right? lol), but I'd kept that one for whatever reason.
It must have been for like.. Valentine's day or something (2010 maybe) when I gave it to Raven as a cutesy little side gift. He didn't think much of it, we did so much more, the cutesy gift was just that, cutesy. Afterwards, I kept it as a bookmark. I always thought fondly of cute things like that. I loved that little bookmark. Silly, I know.
It must have been for like.. Valentine's day or something (2010 maybe) when I gave it to Raven as a cutesy little side gift. He didn't think much of it, we did so much more, the cutesy gift was just that, cutesy. Afterwards, I kept it as a bookmark. I always thought fondly of cute things like that. I loved that little bookmark. Silly, I know.
Anyway, Raven came across it one night while I was reading, saw it lying on the floor because I'm messy when I use things and asked me if I needed it anymore. Not seeing what he was holding, I said, "Probably not" (which is normally true, in my case), and so he folded it and tossed it in the trash can as I looked up at him. I felt only a little short of devastated when I saw that cutesy thing I was so fond of with an ugly crease down the middle of it. "I guess I don't really need it anymore now," is what I believe I said. He apologized, and as far as I'd known he threw it away for good that time. I quickly forgot about it, as fond as I was of it, it was just a little piece of paper.
Low and behold, two years later, I find out that he'd kept that little piece of glossy paper, kept it hidden away until he could find a way to make it up to me that he'd ruined a simple little piece of paper. He scanned it into our computer, used the little knowledge he had of Photoshop to repair the crease and added the personalization just for our anniversary. The date, the little personal message at the bottom (which he had to remove a cute little quip about eating a romantic meal, candle light and chocolates and somesuch to do it) with his own personal Raven-humor (teehee!). All by himself! I'm so proud of him for being able to pull it off without my help, and I am so amazed that he would have kept that little piece of paper to make such a wonderful, meaningful gift for me!
I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have him in my life.
And what was the final gift I gave him for our anniversary?
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| A kitten. |
