Birthday gift for my wife?

[IRISH]

...purchased a lithograpic framed (Rosewood) picture lamp that I had engraved...

good call, chase. i was going to suggest simply writing a heart-felt letter. i've done that on several occasions when i simply had no idea what to get someone special to me. sounds like you've got it sorted.

thank you for your dedication that takes you so far away from your wife in support of all of us back here in the U.S.
i have a brother who's a pilot in the army who served in the first gulf war and then in afghanistan. thank god for combat medics.

[Carolina Kiltman]

Just one addition to what you have planned. A single red rose, won't be overly expensive, but says it all. (Been married for 50 years now, and that has always worked. It is truly the thought that counts.) Also send her our best wishes.