The Sweetest Gift
February 17th 2010 20:33
It's after the fact but I waited until after Valentine's Day for a reason. I didn't want to spoil the surprise. Valentine's Day is so over rated really, a boon for florists and candy makers but for the most part just an excuse for those industries to pump up profits. I was looking at roses to send to THE Grandma and noticed that you could give your love a dozen perfect lavender roses for a mere $279.00.
Frick had the right idea. He made his mother a lovely handmade valentine. Once it was finished, he decided that it needed to be preserved for the duration and took it to THE Grandma's house. He remembered that in a hall closet she had several old picture frames. The appropriate frame was selected and, with a little help, the valentine was soon nicely matted and encased in a frame. Then he decided that this work of art should be gift wrapped. No appropriate wrapping paper was immediately available but a gift bag was found and with the addition of some tissue paper, his mother was the recipient of a gift fit for a queen.
Every mother has a least one. That precious gift crafted by small sweaty hands. A true labor of love, complete with eraser marks and misspelled words. I personally own a ceramic cat that looks only slightly like a cat. On the bottom, someone etched their initials. I keep this work of art locked away with my passport and other valuable items. Because it has value beyond monetary worth, like the valentine handmade and carefully wrapped and presented to a little boy’s mother, it came from the heart of a child.
Rarely are we loved as completely as we are loved by our children when they are small. Before they learn that we are only human beings with faults and subject to failure. For the short time that is childhood, parents get to be perfect in the eyes of their children. That complete love is the sweetest gift they give us.
Frick had the right idea. He made his mother a lovely handmade valentine. Once it was finished, he decided that it needed to be preserved for the duration and took it to THE Grandma's house. He remembered that in a hall closet she had several old picture frames. The appropriate frame was selected and, with a little help, the valentine was soon nicely matted and encased in a frame. Then he decided that this work of art should be gift wrapped. No appropriate wrapping paper was immediately available but a gift bag was found and with the addition of some tissue paper, his mother was the recipient of a gift fit for a queen.
Every mother has a least one. That precious gift crafted by small sweaty hands. A true labor of love, complete with eraser marks and misspelled words. I personally own a ceramic cat that looks only slightly like a cat. On the bottom, someone etched their initials. I keep this work of art locked away with my passport and other valuable items. Because it has value beyond monetary worth, like the valentine handmade and carefully wrapped and presented to a little boy’s mother, it came from the heart of a child.
Rarely are we loved as completely as we are loved by our children when they are small. Before they learn that we are only human beings with faults and subject to failure. For the short time that is childhood, parents get to be perfect in the eyes of their children. That complete love is the sweetest gift they give us.
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