I’ll say his name was Samuel. He sent a message through to the studio one morning on his way to work to ask me to play a special song for him because it was his birthday. Not many people do that. Most times, family members used to contact me asking me to send birthday wishes to loved ones, but on that particular occasion, the birthday boy himself rang up. Maybe he just wanted to hear his name mentioned, but reading between the lines, he needed some attention! I made a bit of a fuss and played the music he requested. He had sent a text message so I took down his phone number and during the course of the morning, I gave him a call to wish him happy birthday. I asked him what he was doing that day and he said that he would be going out with his family the next night because that particular evening his wife was busy! That struck me!
The most important people in our lives are our families. We need to be their biggest fans. When it comes to birthdays, it’s the one day of the year we can celebrate them and them alone. Anniversaries there’s 2 of us, Christmas there’s loads of celebrating, but the one day of the year when we can set aside the special person in our life, appreciate them, dote on them and downright spoil them, it’s the day we remember their birth.
I used to be on radio Monday to Friday from 6 to 9. Mike’s birthday fell on a Monday and David the very next day, Tuesday. As I was at the studio so early in the morning, I wasn’t going to be home to do the early morning birthday routine. Work was not as important as being there, so I took 2 days off from the studio and I stayed home to be there to wake them up and sing happy birthday, to share in the opening present routine and to celebrate with them. At the end of my life, it won’t be all the radio listeners who sit at my bedside. It will be my family. They need to take top honour.
Everyone loves to feel special, wanted and needed and the special days are the opportunity to do this. It doesn’t need to be a whole expensive bash to celebrate your spouse’s birthday. You just need to make sure they know they are loved and the most important person to you. Most birthdays fall on workdays. I like to meet Mike for lunch on his birthday if he’s working. I call him up a few extra times during the day to see how his birthday is going. I make sure he comes home to a special meal if we haven’t eaten out and of course, there has to be a cake. Some men – a lot of men – don’t think it’s all that important, but when they start getting lavish attention splashed all over them and they feel pretty good, they begin to see the light. Women LOVE it!!! No matter how much they may say otherwise, husbands will do well to go absolutely overboard in spoiling their wife. Roses, jewelry, surprises, cake, cards, chocolates, gifts, romantic outings…it’s never too much. That’s how a woman wants to be treated, regardless of what she says. Husbands! If you’ve never done this, watch your wife’s reaction – it will be priceless.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂