I’ve had some time to think about this after someone put me on the spot as the question has come up in people I’ve talked with or heard from.

I’m not sure where to start here but when I think about the family Ana and I ran into this last week who now is going though the most difficult time they have ever been though… the loss of a child, sister and twin.  And how only recently they came back from there Wish trip to Disney land. And when we asked about the trip OH how did they’re faces glow with happy memories of the time spend as a complete family.

So where does that leave us… Well there is the old saying ”it was that the thought that counts” thats something you say when you get a gift that kinda sucks, or perhaps you really didn’t need or want.  Like getting socks for your birthday,  ok you may need it but is it what you wanted.

It was just Sara’s birthday last week… I had no idea what to get her, she had hinted around a little about what she’d like but I had no intention of getting her a new outfit or anything like that.  She’s been putting in to much to get something that I may messup.  So I picked up a nice pair of earrings. OH you could see the joy in her eye’s.

On our trip to New York next week we plan on getting a gift for a girl in town here that goes to Nissa’s dance studio… She was the first person to give us a donation, she took the money out of her bank that she was saving for a new radio.  This 9 year old was no stranger to needing money while going though cancer.  Since her father was going though cancer treatment for the second time.  We recently heard though the grapevine that she told her parents that she was to get nothing for Christmas because she told God that if he healed her father that she would never ask for anything again. From what we hear her parents are respecting her wishes, however that doesn’t stop us from doing something special for her!

This week we found out my cousin/best friend and his wife have finnally manageded to figure out how to have a baby… I’ll leave out the detials but it’s been taking a while and frustration was starting happen.  The news made my aunt happier than she’s been in sometime. It may not be a gift she can hold right now but it’s a gift none the less. My aunt is already a grandmother but for all of us its going to be nice to have a baby around again.

Making people happy never gets old and it does wonders, for everyones spirit when it’s a thoughtful suprise, a deep wish come true or a something of something you’ve always wanted. 

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