A couple weeks ago I celebrated my 40th birthday! Unlike many, I had been looking forward to this momentous birthday. For this past year my husband and I had dreamed of fun ways to celebrate, indoor trampolines, rollerskating, laser tag, etc.. But as the big day grew closer I felt less inclined to celebrate in those ways. In fact, I started to feel pressure to do something "bigger" as I watched friends celebrate with spa weekends, trips to Vegas, or big parties. Comparison had started to steal my joy and I just couldn't decide. Luckily, my amazing husband of 14 years knows me really well and he took over. And rather than celebrate like others, we celebrated like me . He made amazing foods, both old and new favorites, my mom worked her cleaning/decorating magic on our home, and we had a simple get together with family and a few friends. It was perfectly me . But the perfectly me part doesn't stop there. My husband orchestrated the best surprise possible--guided ...