Oh, Henry: An Anniversary Gift Exchange

 

Mr. C and I celebrated twenty-nine years of marriage earlier this month. We don't usually give each other gifts, but, curiously, both of us did this year.

I gave Mr. C a teaching shirt (we're both literature professors). It's a handsome brown check, and was designed in Canada, as am I.

Because I'm 100 percent Canadian, I don't have a vote in the upcoming election, so Mr. C bought me one. Actually, he gave me a symbolic vote: a lovely sterling silver VOTE necklace by ByChari, who designed Michelle Obama's gold version of the same.

I have been wearing my silver version daily and intend to war it every day henceforth, as a reminder that women didn't always have the right to vote.