Gloria, our 11yo daughter, wanted to go Christmas shopping. She wanted to buy only one thing and she wanted to use her own money, so she and her stepdaddy took off to accomplish this. When they returned from the shopping trip Gloria made herself busy with wrapping and deposited the gift, for me, under the tree.
Jim told me later how patient the other shoppers in the checkout line were as Gloria counted out her pennies, all the money she had, after she explained to the cashier that the tennis balls were a gift for her Mama, and the puppy she would be getting for her graduation, all with her own money.
It was the best gift. Ever.
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