Early Birthday Present

We’re in Jakarta in transit to Bali after a week visiting my folks in Bandung and taking Lee to the volcano. We went to the mall today and I had a good sit down with Roy while Vie walked around the shops. Coming home she told me to close my eyes and in my hand she put down a strange thin long black box. When I opened my eyes there sat in my palms a brand new MacBook battery. She said it was an early birthday present because I needed it. My battery went bust about a year ago due to the Bali heats because I always kept my laptop on almost 24/7. So I have been immobile for a year and she figured it was time to liberate my workspace again.

Sometimes I wonder what I did right in the past to deserve this kind of love. It’s not the price of the battery that touched me, but it’s the careful thought behind her actions.