My favorite thing....

 

This creche is so precious to me. It is the result of my dear husband searching from one end of Italy to another for a perfect creche for me. He knew I wanted one more than anything else to take back to the states after our three years spent in northern Italy. We would look for the "one" everywhere we went. They were always too gaudy or too plain or too...something. I knew exactly what I wanted, and we looked and looked for it. The months and years went by with that elusive creche just out of reach...Then one summer (summer!) some loved ones came to visit us and Torrey took them on the tour of Italy (not the one you eat at Olive Garden, by the way) that took him way down south. We had not covered that area in our search. :) He came home elated, with this beautiful creche for me as a birthday gift. I was not even with him, but he knew it was 'the one' just as soon as he saw it. I cherish it for more reasons than you would think. Yes, it is a beautiful souvenir from our beloved Italy, and yes, it is THE perfect creche that I had wanted. But more than that, every time I look at it, I think of a loving husband who went to great lengths and never gave up on finding the perfect gift for his wife. It reminds me of how fortunate I am to have him as my eternal companion. He is what I was searching for....and I knew he was 'the one' as soon as I found him as well.