It was a few days before Valentine’s Day and Emma was taking an afternoon nap.
As she slept, she dreamed. It was vivid — almost magical.
In her dream, her husband, Daniel, was standing in the middle of a candlelit room, smiling that warm, familiar smile she had fallen in love with years ago. In his hand was a small velvet box. Her heart pounded in the dream as he opened it slowly… revealing a shimmering pearl necklace, delicate and beautiful. It caught the light like moonlight on water, and as he placed it around her neck, she felt loved, cherished, understood.
Moments later, she woke up — the image still fresh, almost too real to believe it was just a dream. She turned to Daniel, who was typing away on his laptop. “Babe,” she said softly, still half in the dream, “I just had the strangest dream. You gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine’s Day.”
Daniel looked up, smiling with a mischievous sparkle in his eyes. “Really? A pearl necklace, huh?” he said, pretending to ponder. “Well… I have a feeling you’ll find out what it means tonight.”
He winked. Emma’s eyes lit up. “You didn’t!” she gasped, covering her mouth with excitement. “Did you really?”
Daniel simply gave her a knowing smile and went back to typing, letting the suspense do its magic. Evening arrived. The door creaked open as Daniel stepped in, holding a small, wrapped package behind his back.
Emma was practically bouncing as she ran over, heart pounding.
He held out the box like it contained the moon. “For you, my dreamer,” he said with a grin.
Emma tore through the wrapping with breathless anticipation, her fingers trembling slightly. She opened the box and pulled out…
A book. She stared at the cover. “The Meaning of Dreams”
A young man wanted to purchase a gift for his new sweetheart’s birthday,
and as they had not been dating very long, after careful consideration, he decided a pair of gloves would strike the right note: romantic, but not too personal.
Accompanied by his sweetheart’s younger sister, he went to Nordstrom and bought a pair of white gloves. The sister purchased a pair of panties for herself.
During the wrapping, the clerk mixed up the items and the sister got the gloves and the sweetheart got the panties. Without checking the contents, the young man sealed the package and sent it to his sweetheart with the following note:
“I chose these because I noticed that you are not in the habit of wearing any when we go out in the evening. If it had not been for your sister, I would have chosen the long ones with the buttons, but she wears short ones that are easier to remove.
These are a delicate shade, but the lady I bought them from showed me the pair she had been wearing for the past three weeks and they were hardly soiled. I had her try yours on for me and she looked really smart.
I wish I was there to put them on for you the first time, as no doubt other hands will come in contact with them before I have a chance to see you again.
When you take them off, remember to blow in them before putting them away as they will naturally be a little damp from wearing.
Just think how many times I will kiss them during the coming year. I hope you will wear them for me on Friday night. All my love.
P.S. The latest style is to wear them folded down with a little fur showing.”
