My family moved into our parents' house about 20 years ago. I remembered that was the first time we (the kids) saw an old wood-crafted sunflower thermometer in our parents' room. My mom insisted in decorating her room with that small old thermometer by putting it next to the TV. That is nothing special to us, in fact we did complain how old that wood thermometer was. My mother protested, "It was a gift from your dad." We laughed. "Really? Was that all dad gave you all these years?"I am not a fan for gifts; for some reason I do feel a bit "embarassed" in receiving gifts. I also think that it certainly needs no event or reason to give someone a gift. I like to just get something for a person even though it is not a birthday or whatever occasion. Come on, you cherish this person and want to show your appreciation to him/her and hence you get a gift to this person as a token of appreciation. You don't have to wait for an occasion to do so. The gift does not have to be big too. The little thought that really counts.
Last month marked the one-year since I knew my Travel Companion. Two weeks ago it was our half-year anniversary since we started seeing each other. After a lot of contemplation, I decided to give him a photo frame as an anniversary gift. Although it was just a simple wooden frame, my selfish side of me was to hope that he would be able to see my presence all the time.
Maybe to you or even to my Travel Companion, it was just a photo frame. You could even laugh at it like how we laughed at my dad's sunflower thermomether gift to my mother. After all it is the little thought that counts.
♥ every page of my imagination
