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“The Art of Gift giving”

It never donned on me until I met my husband and his family that there is an art to gift giving. I had always given last minute gifts. I was that person who would run out to a store an hour before I was supposed to go to a birthday party‚ sweating and stressed out from being rushed‚ and pick up a visa gift card that obviously does not show that I put any thought into the present at all. I knew that I always liked giving gifts but did not have the creative direction to do so.

Then I got my first present from my husband when we had only been dating a month. He was flying off to Nashville‚ TN‚ home of “Country Music USA” to visit his family for Christmas. I was moping around because I knew we could not spend our first Christmas together‚ and for some reason I thought I would be scarred for life. My husband left me with seven presents which I was given specific instructions to open. He wrote the instructions on a lovely‚ old looking‚ peace of stationary that Shakespeare would have likely‚ written a letter on. I could open them in any order‚ accept for the last present. The one marked last needed to be saved for New Year’s Eve‚ right before the ball was about to drop. He wrote in his letter that it was a small token of appreciation for the joy I had brought into his life. The last present was a blown up picture of his face‚ blowing me a New Year’s kiss. My heart melted and then I thought to myself‚ “I really need to get on my A game with gift-giving”.

My husband’s sister is also one of the best gift givers in the South. Every time I get a gift from her‚ I am literally in a state of euphoric bliss for a straight hour. A recent gift she sent was an inspirational picture. You can see the exact one she sent me right here.          Go to   getarchd.etsy.com  if you want to buy more of this product.

It was special because she knew my husband and I were in a new transition in life. I quit an old job and he started a new job. She intuitively knew that we would have fear with starting new paths. She paid attention to the fact that I respected Stephen King as an Author. The typewriter represents my husband and I stepping out‚ and giving it are all‚ even though we May fear rejection. The present represented encouragement and the gift resonated with me for the whole day.

What I have learned from my husband’s family‚ not only is there an “Art to Gift Giving”‚  it is also about creating and finding that perfect gift that will  light up someone’s day.  By seeing the way they give gifts‚ it has opened up my heart and made me want to be a better gift giver. It is not about throwing a gift card in the envelope and calling it a day. Although‚ I have still dropped the ball a few times‚ but progress not perfection people. It is truly caring enough to investigate what a certain person likes. In the end‚ the giver and the receiver have a change your life day.