Present Giving Last week I was racking my brain trying to think of just the right Christmas present for some of our family friends. I just couldn't think of anything. One of my children said "Why don't you give them some of your quilling ornaments?" I thought about it and worried that they would not be special enough but I just couldn't think of anything else. So I put a box together of icicles, snowflake garlands, snowmen, single snowflakes, caroling girls and Christmas tree garlands. I wrapped it prettily and took it over to their house, still a bit worried.
You see, I love my work. I quill because it makes me happy and it pleases my eyes. However, I am never sure that everyone feels that way so I wasn't sure if they would like it. I gave the gift to the mother of the house. She called her children around and opened it. She had barely gotten the lid off before she started kicking her legs up in the air and yelling with excitement. She was quite happy to have ornaments for her tree.
It was interesting. In our daily work, my husband and I work to help refugees. This particular family had come as refugees years before. This was the first time they had put a real tree up in their home. A big tree meant that they did not have enough ornaments. They had gone to the store and purchased some ornaments but the tree still looked a bit empty. As she pulled one piece of quilling out at a time and cooed over it, turning it over and examining it, she would hand it to her eldest daughter who put it up on the tree. The tree filled out handily.
I was pleased. I had no idea that they had a real tree this year. The gift was exactly right. The whole family loved it and the tree was just beautiful.
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