Prompt: Gift. This month, gifts and gift-giving can seem inescapable. What's the most memorable gift, tangible or emotional, you received this year?This one is a little tricky. There were a lot of important gifts this year. Incredible gifts of time and presence. Gifts of Ensure- lots of Ensure, which had has much symbolic value as it did monetary. I received escape valves and safety nets. Clean laundry and warm dinners.
The best gift was given quite unintentionally. A gift of tears. Can't say much more about it than that. Just that my husband is not the kind of guy who was taught that it was okay to cry. Or more properly, he witnessed that men didn't cry and so he followed the pattern laid out for him. This year he discovered for himself that some times, tears are warranted and crying does ultimately make you feel better.
The best gift was given quite unintentionally. A gift of tears. Can't say much more about it than that. Just that my husband is not the kind of guy who was taught that it was okay to cry. Or more properly, he witnessed that men didn't cry and so he followed the pattern laid out for him. This year he discovered for himself that some times, tears are warranted and crying does ultimately make you feel better.
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