I'm not sure why I was surprised by my husband's recent thoughtfulness of me ... after all, I married him because of his sensitive and loving nature ... but recently he caught me off guard by surprising me on my birthday.  It's not so much the surprise cakes or the surprise guests that came to celebrate with me, it's the fact that HE thought of it, HE planned it, HE spent the energy on me when I was actually feeling a bit "let down" on my birthday due to not hearing from important people in my life and honestly thinking that even my husband didn't bother with anything more than taking me to dinner and a movie the night before.   It's funny how perspectives change when you become aware that the person you love more than any other HAS been thinking of doing something especially for you for weeks.  Like I said before, I already know of his sensitivity and loving heart, so I shouldn't have been all that blindsided by his efforts, but I honestly was and fell in love with him all over again.