Tuesday, December 06, 2005
According to Dr. Chapman, there are five love languages; Words of Affirmation, Gift giving, Quality time, Acts of Services and Physical touch. Each of us communicates love within these five categories. I tend to show and demonstrate my love through Acts of Service and Gift Giving. Anyhow, I have been thinking about Gift Giving as a love language. I never really understood the importance and significance of it until last night.
Last night as I was watching Grace, I realized how beautiful gift giving is. Gift giving can be an everlasting symbol of love. Last Christmas, Jason and Mitra gave Grace a couple of Christmas presents, one of presents being a Christmas tree ornament with her picture on it. The other two being a book and a printed t-shirt, which I miss read out-loud saying “I can read”, when the t-shirt really said I can’t read.
Last night, Grace was standing in front of the Christmas tree and with a big smile and excitement, she pointed to the ornament that Jason and Mitra bought her last year and yelled “Daddy- Gracie!” She was overwhelmed with joy that there was a picture of her on the Christmas tree. At that moment, I was reminded of our friendship with Jason and Mitra and how thankful I am that they are apart of our lives. In this moment through a gift that they gave Grace last year, their love and spirit came alive in our living room. That is the power of Gift Giving.
Last night as I was watching Grace, I realized how beautiful gift giving is. Gift giving can be an everlasting symbol of love. Last Christmas, Jason and Mitra gave Grace a couple of Christmas presents, one of presents being a Christmas tree ornament with her picture on it. The other two being a book and a printed t-shirt, which I miss read out-loud saying “I can read”, when the t-shirt really said I can’t read.
Last night, Grace was standing in front of the Christmas tree and with a big smile and excitement, she pointed to the ornament that Jason and Mitra bought her last year and yelled “Daddy- Gracie!” She was overwhelmed with joy that there was a picture of her on the Christmas tree. At that moment, I was reminded of our friendship with Jason and Mitra and how thankful I am that they are apart of our lives. In this moment through a gift that they gave Grace last year, their love and spirit came alive in our living room. That is the power of Gift Giving.
