Be honest, Jim...you did NOT write this paragraph:
We have all been told that we should stop and smell the roses. That sometimes we can't see the forest for the trees. In relationships especially, I think we sometimes only give credence to our overall feeling about our partners. Nonspecific feelings about how things are going are the basis of how we see our success or failures in that realm. The big problems and obivous strong points of our spouses demand their own attention, but I think that it is important to recognize the little things about them as well. These are the things that you may not even know you like or dislike about them. But they are what makes that relationship personal and unique.
April is always surprising me...from a Hello Kitty birthday cake to heads for my electric toothbrush ("You mentioned that you needed a new toothbrush head, so I bought you a pack of them."). Goddamn...she's amazing.