Seven year old smile spread wide and missing teeth are exposed. She shakes with excitement, eyes wide open in wonder. Two little eager hands clutch a box, a wrapped box, a wrapped box with a tag, a tag with her pet name. She speaks a million words a minute, leaving the impossibility of the questions being answered:
Can I open it early?
Is it alive?
Will I like it?
Did I ask for it?
Have I seen it before?
So many many questions continue. I’m not sure she is even speaking to me, probably just her wondering mind. I know the contents inside. I know the hidden toy that is sure to bring a smile and hours of play. But I know the gift is so much more than that.
It is a memory. Innocence wrapped in a bow. Mommy – Maddie time that will be spent in play. It is the wonder and amazement of the celebration of the Christ child. It is establishing traditions. What’s wrapped in this gift is already being opened, it is love.
Savor those love moments Caroline.
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Yes! I see them speeding by like a movie on fast forward!
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Wonderful love is the best gift ever! Continue to inspire and be blessed
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Merry christmas! 🎄😊
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Same to you and yours
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God bless you both! Wonderful Christmas memory!
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❄️🎄🎁merry chriatmas!
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Beautiful last sentence….
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🎁😀
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Oh, the beautiful pictures you paint in my mind. Thank you Caroline for sharing such precious moments with us…
Michael
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🎁thank you so much friend!
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Quite lovely.
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Thank you! 🎁
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🎄i appreciate the reblog!!! 😃👍
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Reblogged this on philipbutta's view and commented:
Lovely words and thoughts.
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A post full of life! Good one.
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🎁thanks!!!
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Beautiful, how precious.
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🎁thank y☺️u
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Beautiful.
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Just so lovely! Thanks fur posting, human! 😺💚🌹
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🎄😊thank you
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*((purrs))*🌹You’re very welcome!
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These memories can be so important and so grounding. My family and brother are no longer with me, but I still have their gifts that help me remember them like sacraments of their love.
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Precious! Merry Christmas!
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That’s a lovely Christmas picture.
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Thanks so much for the follow — much appreciated! Despite being teens. my kids are excited about Christmas too – they just can’t hide it!
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I am too! Merry christmas! Enjoy!
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Love is truly the best gift. and its a gift that keeps giving.
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🎄❤️🎁
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