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Jan 1, 2015 - 9:30 PM
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joan hue
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I meant to respond to this topic earlier, but the holidays zapped too much of my time.
Obviously your son knows you and knows what is precious to you, so he found the perfect gift. It is obviously an antique and not that easy to find. Bravo to your son and his thoughtfulness.
I think our best gifts are those bought because the buyer KNOWS the receiver will love the gift. I guess I call those "empathy gifts." The price tag isn't as important as knowing what the other person truly cherishes. There is nothing perfunctory about empathy gifts.
About three years ago, my husband and I were in Europe over Mother's Day. When we returned home, I noticed new door mats at each door. When I entered my house, I discovered that the WHOLE house had been cleaned, every drawer, every corner, every appliance, etc. My two grown daughters drove for Seattle and spent the weekend in my home cleaning everything. It was a most precious gift as I had earlier grumbled about getting lazy and avoiding spring cleaning while still really loving a clean home. Moreover, they gave their precious weekend time to me. They both have very rigorous full-time jobs and value their weekends. They spent their weekend cleaning for me. Wow, just wow. It was truly a gift of love and most precious.
We are both lucky moms!
I wish others would tell us about gifts that really touched your hearts.
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Well, I'd like to say I had gifts that touched my heart, but I have not yet had that experience.
Most my life I got stuff I didn't want, stuff I said I didn't want, and little-thought gifts (gee, he likes Star Trek, let's get him this cheap Trek crap).
One time I did get a DVD of a film I loved, so I did get something I had wanted althought not asked for for Christmas.
And I have a relative who generally knows my favorite candies after many years and will send a little my way, so that thoughtful.
And cash is nice; it's a good way not to trap you at a specific store with a built-in experiation date.
I long ago gave up any kind of notion even remotely resembling getting a touching gift. I'm happy just to get something I want or needed. And those kinds of gifts show somebody put more than passing thought into it.
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Jan 2, 2015 - 5:28 PM
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edwzoomom
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I meant to respond to this topic earlier, but the holidays zapped too much of my time.
Obviously your son knows you and knows what is precious to you, so he found the perfect gift. It is obviously an antique and not that easy to find. Bravo to your son and his thoughtfulness.
I think our best gifts are those bought because the buyer KNOWS the receiver will love the gift. I guess I call those "empathy gifts." The price tag isn't as important as knowing what the other person truly cherishes. There is nothing perfunctory about empathy gifts.
About three years ago, my husband and I were in Europe over Mother's Day. When we returned home, I noticed new door mats at each door. When I entered my house, I discovered that the WHOLE house had been cleaned, every drawer, every corner, every appliance, etc. My two grown daughters drove for Seattle and spent the weekend in my home cleaning everything. It was a most precious gift as I had earlier grumbled about getting lazy and avoiding spring cleaning while still really loving a clean home. Moreover, they gave their precious weekend time to me. They both have very rigorous full-time jobs and value their weekends. They spent their weekend cleaning for me. Wow, just wow. It was truly a gift of love and most precious.
We are both lucky moms!
I wish others would tell us about gifts that really touched your hearts.
What an awesome story joan. You have lovely, thoughtful daughters. I am sure this will always be something you will look back on lovingly. I can also bet that your daughters have your reaction to the gift etched in the minds forever and it is something they too look back at lovingly. We are lucky moms aren't we? Thank you for sharing. I hope others do as well.
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Jan 2, 2015 - 5:50 PM
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edwzoomom
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Well, I'd like to say I had gifts that touched my heart, but I have not yet had that experience.
Most my life I got stuff I didn't want, stuff I said I didn't want, and little-thought gifts (gee, he likes Star Trek, let's get him this cheap Trek crap).
One time I did get a DVD of a film I loved, so I did get something I had wanted althought not asked for for Christmas.
And I have a relative who generally knows my favorite candies after many years and will send a little my way, so that thoughtful.
And cash is nice; it's a good way not to trap you at a specific store with a built-in experiation date.
I long ago gave up any kind of notion even remotely resembling getting a touching gift. I'm happy just to get something I want or needed. And those kinds of gifts show somebody put more than passing thought into it.
Justin, joan and I hope you receive a touching gift someday. If it were up to us, you would.
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Jan 2, 2015 - 7:32 PM
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edwzoomom
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Through the years, my husband and children have each at one time presented me with a gift that has touched my heart in a deep way. I am sure we can all can attest to this. It was always something that was made by tiny hands, a symbol of a fond memory or an opportunity to relive a precious memory. My family is beyond aware of my love of film music and my interest in the music and history of World War II. I have countless books and non-film music related to World War II.
My son handed me my final present yesterday and I could feel the weight of the deceptively small box. As I gently unwrapped it, I noticed that the box was markedly old with a small somewhat yellowed label across the top. I heard my son quietly say "open it slowly mom. " Following his advice, I opened it and will admit I was confused by the very yellowed tissue paper and the dated silicone packing. I reached in and gently pulled out the contents at last. In my hands, I was holding an unused or "unissued" set of real World War II Naval Pilot headphones. In the box was also an unwrapped 5 foot extension and the original instructions. I cannot describe how I felt holding the gift. It was a mixture of pure awe at the piece of history I was holding along with pure awe at the generosity and love shown by my son.
Needless to say, my gift already occupies a place on honor on my shelf and I made sure my son knows the place he occupies in my heart, along with the rest of my loving family.
That is really great. I'll bet your son also had an interesting story to tell concerning how he found the headphones.
erik, that was actually my first question after I recovered. According to my son, there is an online web site that sells vintage army surplus. He apparently did some intense searching and even some phone calls to verify the site was legitimate. He would not tell me the name and I did not push it. He may have ideas for the future. I will say he has always been a young man who is determined to follow through on an idea. Love that kid!
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I didn't realize it was so sad. It's okay -- I'm just happy getting something I need or wanted.
Back when I used to have money to get gifts for people, I put thought into things. I even used to write cards and make the cards. No, I don't mean a piece of paper folded with a "Merry Christmas & Best Wishes to You" thing, I mean elaborately designed, cut out, glued together, plastic bottle parts for binders, colored in, drawn, time consuming specialty cards.
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