His Birthday Gift

 His Birthday 

This tale is from August of 1990. My husband was going to be thirty, and I wanted to give him a very special gift. Dave my husband is very special to me and is also very hard to buy for. I was racking my brain for ideas, then it came to me. I would get a portrait made of me and give it to him on his birthday.

I called Jack who was a professional photographer and a family friend. Jack has his own studio and has taken many portraits of our whole family. Jack of Jack’s Photography was about thirty years older than I was, and married to his wife for many years. His wife Jane was also a dear friend of ours.

I was able to get an appointment for the following week while my hubby was at work. I had a beautiful sun dress in mind to wear to the photo shoot. On the morning I was to go, I got myself all done up, hair, makeup, nails. I went to the closet to get my dress when I noticed a long green neglige that I had not worn in a while. The neglige was satin with a deep V-cut in the front and a open back that went almost to my butt.