Wedding Gift
On the day that we were married, I gave Freya a few gifts. My lifelong promise to love, serve, and protect her was the biggest, but also important were the pair of Converse All-Stars (or Chucks as they are known now). They served as replacements for the ailing pair she kept refusing to get rid of.
I can easily see the cheesy symbolism of receiving new shoes as you start a new life, but I’m not one for cheesy metaphors. Instead, I appreciated that the gift was romantic to her and very meaningful, but not an obvious wedding gift, because if there’s one thing we pride ourselves on, it’s being very different from the “norm”.
