Gifts — Some Bizarre, Some Tiny, Some Extra Special, and Some That Left Me Thinking, WTF?
Part One
I wanted to put this article into some sort of order — going back through my mind to the first gift I can remember. Make it a nice tidy timeline.
However, my brain doesn’t like that game. My brain likes randomness. And so, I shall allow it to do its best pinball impersonation today. (ADHD can be fun!)
The photo above is a birdbath from my husband. It has given me years of entertainment and joy. I’m a nut for reflections and birds, and I got both with this. Now I have a crow visiting it, but I’ve been too entranced by it that I haven’t managed a photo. Its name is Grimes. It could be because I’m a fan of Tammy Grimes, actress (RIP) and mother of Amanda Plummer, who was in Picard and other things but incredible in Picard, or most likely, Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead.
(Mawde, dear, this is the non-ADHD part of your brain asking you to stay on track just a little.)
Oh! Sorry. So not only does my marvelous birdbath provide photo opportunities, but it brought me Grimes the Crow. Best gift EVER.
Steve also surprised me with a gas station dinosaur toy on top of the toilet tank because he was gassing up after a gig, saw it, and knew I love dinosaurs. Probably cost a buck or two, but I knew he was thinking about me, and I thought it was delightful. Gifts don’t always have to be expensive. My most treasured gifts cost very little or were free.
A few more over the years include a tiny Oscar from the centerpieces at a gig, a Gumby, and a sock monkey.
The sweet thing about these is they showed up months after I would casually mention a fondness for Gumby, the Oscars, and sock monkeys. That makes them extra special.
The very personal nature of these makes them extra special.
It brings to mind the first gift I got from my first boyfriend the summer before 9th grade. I’ll call him Jim because that was his name.
Jim lived down the street. I kept count of our innocent kisses. The below is from My Sketchbook, which is a section of my webpage. You can see the two awesome gifts he gave me. The link to my webpage is below if you want to check it out. It’s a work in progress.
We went to different Jr. Highs and drifted apart. I kept those two gifts for a long time, although I never wore the crawdad necklace again. That was only for bragging rights when we were together.🦞
By the way, don’t eat crawdads from a town canal. My mom boiled some up once, and we all got a weird rash.
That’s it for Part One. NEVER will you guess the WTF gift that’s coming up! Stay tuned for Part Two!
