GIFT GIVING
Kindness is about giving. Have you ever been given an unexpected gift? Take a minute to think about getting a gift when you least expected it… Have you ever given a gift to someone at a time when it was just the right thing to do? A hug to follow perhaps. How about a gift with a handwritten note that you never want to throw away? A neighbour’s children gave us gifts of muffins, scones and biscuits. And a few weeks ago their younger daughter and her friend gave us hand painted portraits of themselves. Their portraits are now stuck to our fridge. At the end of each school year, I’m always delighted with gifts of chocolates and other sweet treats. (That’s not a hint by the way!). We now have a ceramic mushroom from a next door neighbour in our flower garden. On a more unusual note and staying with the garden theme for a moment, another neighbour gave us 9 litres of worm wees! We love to give gifts of books to our grandchildren- and it doesn’t have to be their ...