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My gift today was returning two e-mails I have been putting off for some time. Work has been crazy lately but I know that is not the only important thing, and taking a couple minutes out isn't going to kill me,

My gift I received today was a phone call from my cousin Lisa who is currently living in Germany because her husband is in the military. She is my closest cousin adn I miss her terribly, so it's always nice when she calls. She's coming to the states next month for…

So my gifts the past two days have all been gifts of patience. My gift on Wednesday was to clean up after my coworkers in the office. I really wonder what some people's homes look like, are they this messy at home? Or do they think that because the workplace is not their home they don't have to take care of it? Either way, I just cleaned up and didn't complain. This was also a gift to me so I didn't have to look at it anymore:)

I gave two gifts on Thursday, one was being…

Tuesday my gift was to buy a card for my friend Ashley's father who was recently dianosed with prostate cancer. I know him very well because he used to work at my company, he retired last year. I met Ashley through him and we became very good friends. Thankfully the doctors say that his chances of recovery are very good, about 97%. Still, this family has had so many health problems all of them, father, mother, and daughter that this is just one more thing to add to the heap. They simply…

Today sadly I gave a gift I wish I didn't have to give. I just found out a high school classmate of mine was killed over the weekend in a car crash. He was only 32 years old. I did not know him very well, but it still hits home when someone you grew up with passes away. So my gift today was to leave a message on his memory wall on the funeral parlor's website. I "lit a candle" and wrote a little message but I sent it anonomously since I didn't know him that well. I was reading through other…