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As I stood in line at the Post Office on Saturday, the woman behind me seemed very impatient and was commenting on the slowness of the clerks under her breath. As we got closer to the front of the line , I offered to let her go in front of me. I told her I was in no rush and didn't mind. She refused to cut in front of me and seemed a little embarrassed so I didn't push the issue. I really would have liked to give her that gift. Maybe my gift was in the offer itself.





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Today begins a busy weekend for my 17 year old daughter. She has chosen a college to attend and now needs to make many decisions about housing, meal plan, scholarships, etc. Along with all that; she works, plays on the Tennis team and is a Big Sister to an elementary school boy and has homework.

My gift to her today is to make her bed and do a couple of loads of her laundry. She rushed out of the house to get to work and I know she will appreciate coming home to a made bed ( it always… Continue

This past Sunday I ran into a friend I don't see often....we got to talking and she mentioned she needed a friend to exercise with and that she wanted to walk the loop in her neighborhood. We made a date to walk on Wed. morning! She got the gift of walking with a friend and I got the gift of great conversation and exercise too!
My legs are a little sore this evening...but it was well worth it!! We have decided to try to walk twice a week together...a little gift that keeps on giving!

I recently finished reading Cami's book and was inspired to begin giving of myself. My first gift seemed very small and not that importanat...but I was very wrong!
My daughter's best friend turned 18 on Tuesday and I knew she would be visiting on Monday, so on the white board we have hanging in the kitchen I wrote a little Happy Birthday note to her. She was so touched that I would think of her that she came right over and gave me a hug!