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When lottery winners

are interviewed about

their good fortune

and asked What are

you going to buy first?

I'm always tickled by

the one who answers

I want to buy my mom

and dad a new house

or

 I'm going to pay for

my neighbor's daughter

to go to college 

or

I'm going to give our local

senior center a complete

remodel.

The reason it makes me

smile is because that 

would be me.  My love

language ~ showing how

I care for someone ~ has

always been through gifts.

Usually they aren't expensive

gifts, but little things that

say I really know you, I 

care about you and I have

you in my heart today.

If I suddenly became the

recipient of unlimited funds,

oh, the joy it would give

me to share it with others.

I have to think that this is

one of the best things about

being an Oprah or a Bill

Gates or a Donald Trump!

When I am shopping and

I see something that reminds

me of a loved one, I'll pick

it up and squirrel it away until

either a birthday, holiday or

the right time presents itself.

I remember the fall of my

sophomore year in college

when my mom was having 

cancer surgery 1500 miles

away from me.  My parents 

didn't want me to come home

and miss school and I felt

completely helpless. 

 What could I do? 

I sent her a gift, of course.

In retrospect, it seems sort of

silly, but at the time, it felt

right.  I still remember what

I sent, too.  It was a pendant

on a chain; a tiny gold leaf. 

I think maybe I was 

subconsciously

hoping that she herself would turn

over a new leaf and shed her

cancer or perhaps that after

the surgery she would grow

away from it; a sort of new life.

And she did.  

I recently gave my mom another

just because gift that reminded

me of her.  It is a cuff* that says Bloom, 

because when I was growing up our family

 moved often and her motto for us was

Bloom where you are planted.

And we did.

As I was walking this morning

and thinking of her reaction to

this gift {she loved it!}, it struck

me as a full-circle kind of 

moment. That leaf pendant, so long 

ago, saying grow, grow, and her new

cuff, affirming that growth as well

as the fact that we can continue to 

flourish and reach for new 

dreams,  no matter our age.  

To bloom.

My wish for you, today, is that

you continue to blossom all the 

days of your life.  And if I could wrap

that wish in something beautiful and

send it off to each and every one

of you, know 

that

I 

certainly 

would!

Have a wonderful week.

xx

Suzanne 

*Cuff created by my talented friend, here.

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