These few days had been tough. Real tough.

Everything was fine over the week and all of a sudden, BAM. I get 7 ulcers in my mouth, a scalded tongue and a sore throat.

Ok, I know it’s not really a huge deal but it’s so irritating to be really hungry and unable to get food down because even drinking water hurts!

2 days back, when we were at a food court for dinner, Wayne realised my condition was pretty bad as I was getting extremely cranky. So he sat me down and hurried off to buy food for me.

He came back with a soup dish that is nourishing for the throat and halfway through dinner, because I was progressing really slowly with my food, he took out the meat from the soup and shredded them up so that it’s easier for me to chew.

After dinner, he went to get me us a huge bowl of ice kachang and that gave me instant relieve from the pain.

It may sound like real simple gestures but when you’re hungry and (physically) hurting and frustrated, these simple actions meant so much.

And then I think of all the time when he was always there taking care of me in his quiet, simple ways.

Sometimes, while planning for special occasions, he will flop his hands and say that he is really bad at planning surprises and being romantic and stuff.

(Honestly, I think I’m better at that than him 😀 )

But he is definitely the more thoughtful, patient and caring half.

I’m truly thankful that I have someone to rely on, someone who will be my physical shelter during difficult times and someone who supports me in so many ways.

And so it wasn’t over a candlelight dinner at a fancy restaurant, but over a bowl of ice kachang, in a crowded food court, where I looked at the man in front of me and silently thank God once again for placing him in my life.

I left the food court still feeling hungry, but my heart was full to the brim ❤️