I’m of the opinion that birthday presents should be given to the mother instead of the one having a birthday. Don’t you think your mom deserves a gift? After all, what did you do besides be born? You were given a gift at birth – the gift of life.
With the coming of a new baby not only does the baby receive the gift of life, but that baby is a gift to the family, the community, and even the world.
Six years ago, an eighty-nine-year-old man received a present – a newborn baby girl. Little did the baby girl know that she received a great present, too – an eighty-nine-year-old man. They were kind of one in the same – two peas in a pod.
Three years ago, a ninety-two-year-old man promised a two-year-old girl that he would stick around for her third birthday party. He did, but then he left this world that same day. Even though the little man no longer lives on this earth, his gift of life continues to live in many of us. He left behind great treasures for us to find and nuggets of gold to mine.
We have the reminder in a little girl who exudes life that the gift keeps giving.
(And you pass by this way, you might see a little girl driving her electric tiny four-wheeler, standing behind the steering wheel, squealing, “Yee haw,” as she bounces through the yard.
Yep – a birthday present. Apparently someone didn’t get the memo about the mom getting a present, though mom did look kind of cute behind the wheel!)