sketches of my day May 2008 - Nov 2010

February 4, 2010

gifts

I am sitting here looking at this blank page wanting it fill it up with something good. My thoughts quickly go to Nature and with that I think of Valentine’s Day?? Anyway, one Valentine’s Day a very long time ago, I was very young and in college away from home. I did not expect much from that day but something wonderful happened. A package was delivered to me in my dormitory. That may seem like a simple thing today amongst the technology so readily available, but in 1973 when people still made collect calls from payphones, it was colossal. Anyway, the package was from my mother. It seems she had planned ahead for its Valentine’s Day delivery – if you would have known my sweet mother, you would know how colossal this was also, being organized was not her strong suit. Inside was a white eyelet spring coat she had made for me, something to keep me warm from the early spring weather and pinned on the collar was a colorful bunch of fruit (plastic). I was the oldest of her children with two more behind me and she had a part time job and she found time to do this for me. Of all the gifts she has ever given, that has to be the most appreciated. It was not something she happened to see at the mall and swiped a card to purchase; it was something she planned and sat there late at night and stitched together and thought of me and cleverly planned the exact arrival date so that I would be happy.  I can still see it in my mind and feel it in my heart. You just never know how far reaching the things you do for others will go. Heads up, in 10 days it will be Valentine’s Day; perhaps you can be inspired by my little story about my mom. I assure you a gift of this magnitude cannot be found in Wal Mart or any mall anywhere.

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