| I'm not sure whether you've ever considered | | | | and we kept score and still have the score sheets. |
| converting your thoughts and feelings into a | | | | One of us would always write little sayings on the |
| meaningful anniversary gift but poetry can be a great | | | | sheet about the winner and loser. The winner always |
| idea for any anniversary and is a truly romantic way | | | | wore the invisible crown. Sometimes when Tommy |
| of expressing your innermost thoughts and | | | | or I would be the current champion of both games |
| feelings.(Here's a good example of what can be | | | | we would fake "complain" that our head hurt because |
| achieved. Debbie was going to be celebrating her first | | | | we were wearing two crowns as a joke.For the first |
| anniversary and wanted something special for her | | | | month we were dating, if our date fell on a Saturday |
| husband, Tommy. Debbie has kindly given her | | | | he would always schedule the date for 6:30 or |
| permission for her poem and story to be | | | | 6:45pm. One Saturday I was passing a Catholic |
| published)Wiggy and WigsterWhat is your name : | | | | church in our town about 6:00pm and noticed his |
| Debbie ItalianoWho do you want the poem written | | | | truck. I realized that he was going to church, but did |
| for: My Husband TommyWhy do you want the | | | | not want to tell me that. I am Catholic too and had |
| poem written: Our First Wedding AnniversaryWhat | | | | not been to church in many years because I had no |
| are the key messages you would like to send: We | | | | one to go with or any other excuse I could come up |
| had known each other for about 13 years before we | | | | with. I told him I saw him there and told him I would |
| started dating, but he did not know that mutual | | | | love to go with him. Now we add mass every |
| friends of ours had tried to fix me up with him | | | | Saturday night at 5:30 p.m. to whatever our schedule |
| throughout that time. He came to my job one day | | | | may be. I've heard it said that "people who pray |
| (July 30th) because he was friends with my boss and | | | | together, stay together."Do you have any other |
| he struck up a conversation with me. That day I | | | | comments or thoughts: We have an extremely loving |
| happened to be very tan, I was in the best physical | | | | and kind relationship. We do not fight , yell or call |
| shape of my life and I was wearing a white half shirt | | | | each names. We do everything together as a team. |
| so my rippled stomach was showing. He saw that | | | | We are each other's best friend. We are supportive |
| and said "I gotta have that". He asked me what I did | | | | of each other at all times. We cherish life and each |
| to stay in shape and I told him bike riding, running, | | | | other. I am just about 40 and he is 44. It took us |
| roller blading etc. So he asked if we could get | | | | many years to find each other. My husband decided |
| together sometime and go together. It turns out I | | | | that he was content on being single the rest of his |
| lived right around the corner from him (a 3-minute | | | | life, until he met me. The relationship I have with |
| walk away!). He called me that day at the office | | | | Tommy is the best relationship with anyone, male or |
| after he left and asked me to go with him down the | | | | female, that I have ever had.What style of poem |
| shore to pick up a new truck he had bought.I was | | | | would you prefer (happy, sad, romantic etc.): happy |
| still on the fence about a guy I had been dating for a | | | | and romanticPlease choose which package you would |
| few weeks, so I declined and said I was busy and | | | | prefer: UniqueDo you have any last comments or |
| maybe some other time. Over the next month, I | | | | thoughts: My husband is truly my sole mate and the |
| changed the route I took to work so that I could | | | | love of my life. I adore him. He is not like any other |
| drive by his house, in hopes of seeing him outside to | | | | human being I've met my entire life. He completes |
| wave hello. One month to the day (August 30th) I | | | | me. Everyone that he knows or meets thinks he is |
| had already broken it off with the other guy and | | | | such a wonderful person with a great big heart, and |
| went into my boss's email address book and got | | | | now it beats for me!Wiggy and WigsterWe had |
| Tommy's address and I e-mailed him to say hello and | | | | known each other for 13 years, that was even |
| asked to take him up on that bike ride. He was | | | | before we'd started to date, but despite the best |
| thrilled. We went out on our first date 2 days later, | | | | efforts of our mutual friends, they hadn't accounted |
| September 1, 2001. We went to dinner at The | | | | for those winds of fate.We had known each other |
| Offshore in Point Pleasant and then took a romantic | | | | for 13 years, that was even before we'd started to |
| stroll, hand-in-hand, from one end of the boardwalk | | | | date, but despite the best efforts of our mutual |
| to the other. After 2 weeks of dating, we were in | | | | friends, they hadn't accounted for those winds of |
| NYC one night and I asked him when was all the | | | | fate.You came to my job one hot July 30th, and you |
| sweetness going to end and he said, "never, why | | | | struck up a conversation with me, that day I |
| does it have to." Both of us knew it this was it, after | | | | happened to be very tanned, you thought my ripped |
| only two weeks. All of our friends and family knew | | | | stomach was a place to be.You asked what I did to |
| too and wondered why we were waiting so long to | | | | stay in shape, and asked if sometime we could go |
| get married or moved in together. I moved in 8 | | | | together, I was only 3 minutes away from "more |
| months later (May 1, 2002) and we were engaged | | | | than life itself, each and every day of my life, |
| the day after my birthday on July 28th, 2002. We | | | | forever and ever".Exactly one month from that first |
| were happily married August 2, 2003. And the | | | | meeting day, I looked you up in an e-mail address |
| sweetness is still there, it will never end. We went on | | | | book, I must admit I'd been driving by your house, |
| our honeymoon to one of the most romantic places | | | | just in the hope I'd get a wave or a look.Because I'd |
| in the world, Italy.Do you have any funny, sad, | | | | already turned down one invitation, and wasn't going |
| happy, embarrassing or otherwise memorable | | | | to make that same mistake again, so I asked to |
| moments that you would like to share: I had a cat | | | | take you up on that bike ride, you were so thrilled, |
| Ziggy when I was in my apartment alone and he | | | | you just said: "When?"We went out on our first date |
| hated cats. He was quite concerned about how | | | | two days later, for the record, it was dinner at The |
| things would work out because I adored my cat. He | | | | Offshore, then we took a romantic stroll, hand in |
| did not like to hug me when I had cat hair on my | | | | hand, and I knew my life had changed (for |
| clothes. When I moved in the cat stayed in the | | | | evermore).After two weeks of dating, I asked when |
| basement. Then a week or so later he fixed the | | | | would all the sweetness end, and you said, "Never, |
| basement with toys for the cat. Then a little while | | | | why does it have to?", We both knew then, we'd |
| later the cat was allowed in the hallway too and | | | | found a lifelong friend.It was obvious to our friends |
| Tommy began playing with him every day when he | | | | and family too, and I had waited for you to say "I |
| came home from work. Then he was allowed in the | | | | love you" for so long, so happily, I moved in just a |
| whole house and sleeping with us. Now, he kisses the | | | | few months later, and ever since, we've never put |
| cat more than me and refers to him as "his | | | | one foot wrong.When we first met I found you |
| son"!Before our first date he asked one of his friends | | | | disliked cats, and now Ziggy "your son" gets more |
| if he should hold my hand and his friend said no. He | | | | kisses than me, but let me tell you, Wiggy, you're |
| did anyway and the day after our date I told him | | | | wonderful, and you've made Wigster's World a great |
| that I felt really comfortable with him and that the | | | | place to be.Wearing two crowns can be sometimes |
| best part was that he held my hand! We still hold | | | | tiring, so together, we play, we laugh, love, walk and |
| hands ALL THE TIME, even in the car!My husband | | | | pray, hand in hand, we do everything as a couple, as |
| and I are both very anal people, one reason my | | | | we did on August 2nd, our "Beautiful" wedding day.I |
| mother thought that as I got older and more anal I | | | | now know what a husband's love is truly worth, and |
| would have difficulty being able to live with anyone, | | | | we know that there's no "I" in team, I know you |
| but we are anal in different things and it works really | | | | took your time in arriving, but you were worth |
| well.We have a lovey-dovey saying we say to each | | | | waiting for, my dream.Our relationship is the best I've |
| other a couple times a day, i.e. when we leave each | | | | ever had, you truly are my soul-mate and the love of |
| other or hang up the phone. One of us will start with | | | | my life, I just wanted to say, "I'm proud of you", and |
| "I love you" the other will say "I love you more" and | | | | very proud to be known as your wife.Now there's |
| that will go back and forth two or three times and | | | | Wiggy, Wigster, Ziggy and Pinky, the newest |
| we do not care who we say it in front of. Our | | | | member to the Italiano clan, Pinky, is Daddy's favorite |
| friends and family always make that "gag me" | | | | baby girl, but don't worry, you're still my favorite |
| motion.Since the beginning of our relationship we | | | | man.And at the risk of our friends and family gagging, |
| started with a pet name for each other...My husband | | | | and this is really what these words are for Happy |
| is Wiggy and my name is Wigster. My husband will | | | | First Anniversary, Tommy, my Wiggy, and you've |
| often say "Who loves their Wiggy" I will say, | | | | already guessed it, Wigster loves you more.Copyright |
| "Wigster does", he'll say, "how much", I will say "More | | | | Allen Jesson :) 2004Debbie kindly replied:"Hi Allen, |
| than life itself, each and every day of my life, | | | | Wow! what a beautiful job!...You truly have a |
| forever and ever" and he will say "all right then!"...Our | | | | gift!.."and after the package was received:"Hi Allen, |
| friends and family gag over that one too, and say all | | | | My anniversary is today and my husband just opened |
| this stuff will go away. It's been just about three | | | | the poem and absolutely loved it!...Beth did a beautiful |
| years and our relationship is still the same as the day | | | | job with the presentation of it as well...my |
| we met.Our wedding invitations and wedding goblets | | | | compliments to you both... thanks again for giving me |
| all had our nicknames of Wiggy and Wigster. We | | | | a wonderful "traditional first anniversary gift of paper" |
| walk together nightly in the Spring and Summer and | | | | for my husband,Debbie Italiano"So there you have it. |
| Fall...On occasion in the Winter, always hand in hand.At | | | | A few thoughts and feelings turned into a truly |
| the beginning of our relationship, we started to play | | | | meaningful gift of love.Allen Jesson writes for A Gift |
| Scrabble and 500 Rummy...we played one of the two | | | | of Love ( a site that specializes in finding heartfelft |
| games almost every night for the first 8 or 9 months | | | | gifts of love from around the world. |