I really enjoyed this video. George was so cute receiving your special gift! You are quite a good artist. You've given me some ideas for sending out handmade get well cards to folks throughout the year. Thanks, Sheila!
This is one area where I think women are so much better at than men. Gifting. I never used to appreciate handmade gifts, as compared to expensive gifts, until I was with a girl that didn't have much money. She used to spend many hours drawing me things I loved from my childhood and making me video game related artwork. It was then that I started to learn that things made with love, and over time, cannot be bought. One of my biggest regrets in that 4-yr hellish relationship (Of which I was no angel) was when she was drawing me something from one of my favorite game series. Needless to say, we inevitably got into another argument, and by this point I had just about enough of her drama. What I did next I would come to regret for the rest of my life (up until this point and beyond). I destroyed the artwork she had already spent hours upon hours on. Right in front of her...I tore it to many pieces. I can still hear her scream "NOOOO! I worked REALLY hard on that!" through her tears. When I think about it, I still tear up. Even right now...Every girl I have been with since then has been the recipient of an unyielding appreciation for these sort of gifts...as a result of my unwitting error...I can safely promise them that I would NEVER do something like that again. Sorry for the book...this awesome video just made it new again. Not trying to be a downer.
wow! Thank you for sharing. We can only learn from things we've done in the past (whether we think they were good or bad). I'm glad to hear that that experience made you more appreciative of hand-made gifts/artwork.
