I don't know about you but it seems to me every year buying gifts gets harder and harder. What do you get someone who has everything? In my family, special occassions like birthdays and Mother's Day are a big deal. We take time to honor each other, which usually means gifts. We all love getting gifts, it just seems to me it's getting harder and harder to find something meaningful and special.
To solve the Christmas gift challenge, we decided a few years ago as a family to not exchange gifts and go on a family vacation. So once a year, we all go away for a week and spend time together at a resort or waterpark or sporting event. It's a great adventure that we have all come to value more than any gift we could ever give or get. The older I get, the more I realize that experiences and memories are so much more valuable than things.
One of our customers at All Stirred Up! gets it too. He stopped by the mall and wanted to buy his wife a Bubble Tea for her birthday. His gift to her was waking up with her favorite special drink and breakfast in bed on her special day. Wow! So simple, yet so special. He obviously understands the idea that creating a moment is the most valuable gift.
If you asked me what I got for my birthday 5 years ago, I couldn't tell you. But if you want me to tell you the story about my 90 year old Great Grandma playing poker and shooting paintball on our vacation 5 years ago, I will get out the pictures and we would laugh for hours. So instead of looking for the newest gadget or the latest fad for that special gift, why not give moments that live forever. Share a cup of coffee and a conversation, or a Bubble Tea in bed.
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