I wanted to get my wife something very special for our anniversary. This will be our first anniversary and I just really wanted to express my love and my faith with a great present. I was looking at a lot of white gold jewelry. This is because my wife likes silver better than gold, but I want to give her something of the utmost value. I come across a silver cross necklace, but this isn’t quite what I am looking for. I want something of value, but not quite as expensive as the platinum cross necklace I found!

I keep looking. As I am looking I think about my beautiful wife. I think about how strong her faith is and how much I respect her for that. I want to get her something which shows my respect, my love, and my appreciation. I find some very pretty white gold cross earrings, but she already has tons of earrings. So I keep looking.

I finally find what I am looking for–a white gold cross necklace. It is plain, simple, and absolutely beautiful–just like my wife. I am sure she’ll love it. I instinctively order it the minute I find it.

Unfortunately, the way that I am, I am completely confident when I purchase the gift, but the time between then and giving it to her I convince myself it was wrong, I fret and worry. What is a white gold cross necklace is not the right thing to get my wife? She deserves the best, is it the best I can do?

So, after making myself sick for two weeks worrying about my wife’s reaction to her new white gold cross necklace, I give it to her.

I hold my breath.

She starts crying! Oh my goodness, what have I done? I nearly begin crying as well, I try to comfort her and then she looks at me, and she says,

“Dear, this is the most beautiful white gold cross necklace I have ever seen and I feel blessed to have a husband like you that would think to give it to me.”

Okay, good, I can start breathing again, she doesn’t hate me…wait she really likes it…wow, I picked something really good for my wife? Well, that’s what she says.

I now know that when I am looking to purchase jewelry for my wife, I should always go with my gut instinct. I have known her long enough to know what she likes and she wears that white gold cross necklace daily, so I’m pretty sire I did a good