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I imagine the 3-year-old opening her gift and hugging it close.
The 7-year-old holding hers up and twirling around with it.
Their smiles are the reason I’ve spent grocery money on cuts of expensive fabric and yards of costly lace.
Their smiles are the reason I’ve spent hours at my sewing table. Cutting. Pinning. Stitching. Gathering. Trimming. Edge-finishing. Hemming. Embellishing.
And now, as I carefully wrap each gift, I can not wait for both of my Sugar Plum Tree girls to see the Christmas dresses I’ve so lovingly crafted for them.
I can’t wait to see their smiles.
I am still in my early twenties, and cripplingly unaware of the world outside myself. It does not occur to me that needy families might value their privacy and anonymity.
“My” girls don’t come to the Christmas party.
Their gifts, I am told, will be delivered to them.
I don’t get to see their smiles.
Today I'm guest blogging over at Rethinking My Thinking with fellow The M.O.M. Initiative team member, Angela Mackey! Come on over to read "the rest of the story"!
Your Turn:
- When have you been disappointed by the reaction (or lack of reaction) to a gift you've given?
- How can you tell when you're giving "so that" instead of "because"?
- Anything else on your heart!
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