CHRISTMAS GIFT … 2000

My granddaughter Amelia was 11 when she made me the sweet little bread board that I picture here. It was her Christmas gift to me in 2000 and every time she saw it after that she would say, “Oh, Grandma, when are you going to get rid of that old thing?” It is now 15 years later and I still have it !!  You might remember that it was just a month ago that I posted wedding pictures of Amelia and her husband Eligio. It makes me wonder if the day will come when her children will gift her in the same way and maybe then she will get that big “aha, now I get it” moment.

Here's another example ... my granddaughter Faye's gift to her dad when she was 6 years old.

                                                                                                      

There is something so special in each and every gift that our children present to us. I think it has to do with their ability to “operate outside of the box”. The imagination of a child is wondrous to behold.    

I feel sorry for the people who are too fastidious to post a child’s “masterpiece” on their refrigerator. I actually have an acquaintance who told me that “it would upset my decorator”. Can you believe that? My decorator (me) says, “bring it on”.