| Today while surfing the web for gift ideas for my best | | | | of the gifts I had given her last year for her birthday...a |
| friend, I saw an ad for gift baskets for women from | | | | bouquet of colorful tropical flowers to remind her of |
| women. At first I ignored the ad. Then I came back to | | | | Hawaii. She had always admired flower arrangements |
| that page just out of curiosity. You see, I have a best | | | | when we happened to go grocery shopping together |
| friend that is better than any relative or caring next | | | | and she'd see the large displays at the entrance. But |
| door neighbor. In fact, I know she'd do anything for me, | | | | when I brought her the flowers, she just thanked me |
| so that's why I decided to buy her a "Just Because I | | | | and laid the bundle on her kitchen counter. Well, that |
| Appreciate Her" gift. | | | | wasn't the impact I had expected. |
| My best friend is not a good receiver. By that I mean | | | | Then for Christmas, one of the gifts I bought her was |
| that whenever I've tried to buy her a thoughtful girly-girl | | | | this expensive earthy-looking water fountain that I was |
| gift when we were shopping together in the past, she | | | | sure she would love because she had always told me |
| would always tell me to save my money. But today I | | | | she would love to fall asleep listening to gentle trickling |
| wanted to order a present online and have it shipped | | | | water sounds in the background. Did she love the gift? |
| to her door to surprise her. After scrolling through | | | | Let me just say that it's still in the box. |
| several gift basket sites and seeing all the possible | | | | If you give a gift to your bff (best friend forever) and |
| choices, I decided that I needed to focus on her | | | | she thanks you for it and says it's the thought that |
| uniqueness and what she would truly love to get and | | | | counts, don't be offended. Most likely she'll still be your |
| could use. Yes, there's a practical side to me and tell | | | | best friend. But what about this? How about surprising |
| myself it's okay to give gifts that make someone cry | | | | her with a gift basket like I did? Then maybe you, too, |
| with joy and that they can actually use. | | | | will get that phone call with your friend sobbing on the |
| I thought about her passions. Then I thought about how | | | | other end of the phone proclaiming how much she |
| busy her lifestyle was. Finally, I thought about all those | | | | loves you for your thoughtfulness, and she loves the |
| things that she'd be surprised to receive, but what did I | | | | gift? |
| want my present to say to her? I thought about one | | | | |