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So, I woke this morning and decided that my gift would be a meal. I get very little time with the ,am i love because -well we have to live in secret for many reasons( hence I am manifest some light in my life) NO neither of us are married to someone else. So the weekend because of circumstance and distance is when we see each other. I actually got him for a meal today. I took him to our favorite place and had lunch- then I paid as a break for him. But walking away I knew that my gift was the… Continue

SO today was Black Friday and I work at Barnes and Noble in Tyler TX. The college kiddos are home all over East Texas for Turkey Day and seem to be attached to the espresso machine at my cafe. I was sitting this morning watching a young girl in an UNT sweatshirt as she sipped a tall brewed coffee and poured over a Spanish text. When I was walking around cafe I passed a comment about hitting the books. She responded that this was the first Friday off in a year of college. She is a waitress and… Continue

Wow who would have thought Thanksgiving would be a challenge for gifting.



So on Wednesday I was traveling to my moms and I knew thta my mom and aunt wanted to see the movie The Blind Side, so being the adult child that is always broke I budgeted to take them out to the movies. What a great time for all three of us and a girls night was so needed.



Today- I did the kitchen cleanup and made my brothers do the gift with me. That let my elderly mother relax and enjoy her family… Continue

So, I have began my 29 day journey.



Day 1= I gave a very special gift to the love of my life so that our time apart may be easier. It was a pillowcase I sleep on so that when he naps in the afternoon in between jobs he can fell like i am beside him.



Day 2= Wrote an article for my sorority's national newsletter that was needed in the last minute and no one could do.



Day 3= Sent 6 care packages to "forgotten soldiers " in Iraq that are not getting… Continue