I appreciate all of the wisdom from the three of you :-)
I really have no clue what she did with the card... A short while back I did start the process of collecting all of the cards that I could find around the house that I have given her (so I could store them and not let her just throw them away) but have only been able to find cards from the past 2 - 3 years. I've given her SO many cards over the years -- I'm the kind of person who tends to give cards even for "just because" moments and I always write quite a bit in the card... For many years she commented on how much she loved reading my cards because my words were so thoughtful and insightful... But when I couldn't find any older cards I assumed that she'd just eventually tossed them at various points over the years. I couldn't see too much evidence of her being so sentimental that she would keep cards and letters -- unlike myself (I have collections of not only her cards but nearly everything given to me by my grandparents over the years).
This evening I was in our home office and I glanced under her desk and saw a box that hadn't been there the last time I looked... and when I opened it I was surprised to find all of those missing cards, letters, and a "Things I Love About You" book that I wrote in -- all stored in the box along with a ton of cards and letters from her grandparents (who are deceased)... I didn't have much time to look, but it appears to be all of the cards and stuff I gave her over our first 7-8 years together. I seriously thought all of those had been thrown away. This was quite a shock... I have NO clue where she's been storing all of these for all of these years... Of course, she could probably still decide to throw them all away, but my prayer now is that she will choose not to do that and that one day in the future she will take those cards out, read the words I wrote, and realize just how much I really did love her and how much she really did love me.
Aside from all of that... I'm chipping away at my to-do list and getting ready for the move that takes place in just over 2 weeks... Really feeling sad about leaving this house (our home), but looking forward to having the time and space I need to focus on me and the kids.
And -- work is still going great! :-)
Me 48, Her 50 (Same-Sex Couple) 3 Children Together: 9.5 years before BD BD: Week of 10/27/14 ExW started EA w OW 9/2014 ExW married OW 12/2015
