Tag: gifts
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wedding circuit redux
This spring, we are invited to celebrate two weddings of close friend’s daughters. These invitations mark the dawn of a new era. This is our second round in the wedding circuit but this time we will show up as friends of the parents of the bride or groom or what my daughter often refers to…
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it’s the gift that counts – the husband’s response
(Note: This post is a response to the post below it. It may make sense to read “it’s the gift that counts” before reading “the husband’s response.”) The readers of this blog will know me as an eternal pessimist, concerned first and foremost about how easily things can go wrong, and waiting for the other…
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it’s the gift that counts
Next week is my 23rd anniversary. A week ago, I spied a text from my husband to my daughter where he was fishing for ideas for anniversary gifts. That text made me realize how far we have come as a couple in terms of gift giving and how it is still such a precarious process.…
Do I have chalk on my face? by Denise Geschke 