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If you are like me, names come to mind instead of things when someone asks you what your absolute best gift was; my best gifts are Kati, Alex, Jordan, Cassidy and Carson. But in light of the fact that our kids are undoubtedly the most wonderful gifts we have ever received, what is your OTHER favorite gift? What is the best thing under the Christmas tree that you have ever unwrapped, the thing that either choked you up so much that you were speechless or made you jump so high for joy that there's still a dent in your ceiling from your head hitting it? And on the other side of this coin, what is the absolute WORST thing you have ever received? (No, your ex does not count.)
My best one was given to me by my son, Alex, the year after Jordan was killed. Alex was fifteen, and the weeks prior to that Christmas he worked as a construction helper for a friend of ours. It was the first real job Alex had ever had, and he worked very hard. And on Christmas morning, he handed me a tiny box...
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