Hello classic crew and welcome to this week’s discussion thread! Today I want to know - what’s the best gift you have ever received? It can be an object or an experience, but I can’t wait to hear your stories!
I've received so many wonderful, thoughtful gifts throughout my life, for which I'm very grateful. A particular one that I'm thinking of right now is a big, soft, cozy cardigan that an old friend of mine sent me in the mail for Christmas last year. I wear that cardigan almost every day! It's one of the most useful gifts I've ever gotten! :)
My first Christmas married, I had to work. When I got home, my husband walked over to the dryer and pulled out my pajamas which he had put in 10 minutes prior so that they'd be warm for me.
On a historical tour group that my family and I went on when I was very young, we met a family that was extremely sweet. On the last day of the tour, the mother of that family gave me 5 dresses she sewed. She had always wanted a daughter (which is why she sewed the dresses), but God gave her a son. She wanted some girl to enjoy them, and I did until I outgrew them! She is my best friend and like a second mother to me! (Hopefully this long story makes sense)
For our first year anniversary my boyfriend (now fiance) bought me my favorite perfume & a beautiful bouquet of my favorite flowers. He told me he wanted me to wear that perfume for our wedding, and immediately got down on one knee and proposed. A beautiful gift & memory as well.
At the end of 2020, my PCOS had advanced to endometrial cancer. I had to have a D&C in January of 2021. Now, my insurance is PROUD to charge < $300 for a D&C performed as an abortion. But to remove an ACTUAL clump of cells that was going to kill me and had already required a blood transfusion? After insurance, still almost $4k. My parents didn’t think they would get WuFlu stimulus checks, and they didn’t need them, so they cut a check to me for the amount they got so I could pay off the procedure. (My oncologist wants to do the procedure again, but I told him that, unless he finds Something in an endometrial biopsy or is willing to pay for the surgery, not happening 😑)
I've received so many wonderful, thoughtful gifts throughout my life, for which I'm very grateful. A particular one that I'm thinking of right now is a big, soft, cozy cardigan that an old friend of mine sent me in the mail for Christmas last year. I wear that cardigan almost every day! It's one of the most useful gifts I've ever gotten! :)
That's the best! And every time you wear it, I'm sure you think of her 😊
My first Christmas married, I had to work. When I got home, my husband walked over to the dryer and pulled out my pajamas which he had put in 10 minutes prior so that they'd be warm for me.
Oh my! That is so thoughtful!
That's so sweet!!
I stand by the fact that it's the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for me.
On a historical tour group that my family and I went on when I was very young, we met a family that was extremely sweet. On the last day of the tour, the mother of that family gave me 5 dresses she sewed. She had always wanted a daughter (which is why she sewed the dresses), but God gave her a son. She wanted some girl to enjoy them, and I did until I outgrew them! She is my best friend and like a second mother to me! (Hopefully this long story makes sense)
That is so sweet!
Oh that is so sweet! I love that
For our first year anniversary my boyfriend (now fiance) bought me my favorite perfume & a beautiful bouquet of my favorite flowers. He told me he wanted me to wear that perfume for our wedding, and immediately got down on one knee and proposed. A beautiful gift & memory as well.
At the end of 2020, my PCOS had advanced to endometrial cancer. I had to have a D&C in January of 2021. Now, my insurance is PROUD to charge < $300 for a D&C performed as an abortion. But to remove an ACTUAL clump of cells that was going to kill me and had already required a blood transfusion? After insurance, still almost $4k. My parents didn’t think they would get WuFlu stimulus checks, and they didn’t need them, so they cut a check to me for the amount they got so I could pay off the procedure. (My oncologist wants to do the procedure again, but I told him that, unless he finds Something in an endometrial biopsy or is willing to pay for the surgery, not happening 😑)
Wow, what a blessing to have such wonderful parents. I hope everything turns out okay!
2 biopsies since then clean as a whistle, next is in August!