One of my favorite bands is Carbon Leaf and out of all the bands that I have continued to love through the years, they are the only band that I go see live. The first song from the radio that S ever sang was by them and it has become a tradition that Abby buys me tickets for Shamrockfest to see them for my birthday.
This year we did not pay attention to the layout of the show grounds and, even though we were there 3 hours early, we missed them. I was beyond disappointed and Abby felt awful that my birthday gift was ruined.
Yesterday I received a huge padded envelope and curiously opened it. The contents blew me away and brought a couple of tears to my eye. Abby had emailed Carbon Leaf to tell them what had happened and they sent me signed copies of some CDs and St. Patrick's Day posters for this year, along with birthday greetings.
Thank you Abby and Carbon Leaf for making this year's birthday so incredibly special.
(By the way, bucko, you are going to have to start thinking now to be able to top this next year.:)