Holiday Giving Blog Post

11/28/09

It’s here.   Black Friday was yesterday and the malls and stores were jammed. I KNOW because I was there!  The holiday buying spree has arrived.  But this year can be different.  This can be the year that we try something different. This can be the year that we realize that the best thing we can give our friends and our family is our time!  I am so busy, as are my friends that our time together has to be scheduled weeks in advance. And we are lucky if we don’t have to cancel!   So what if instead of a gift that can be wrapped, we gave them a gift that can be shared.   You can even spend money on it, too!  Here are some of my favorite gifts…  I love to take my friends or family to the theater,  or to a Comedy club,  or to the zoo,  or to a concert, or to go play miniature golf.  You can get tickets to a great speaker and bring them there.  Or you can take them to dinner and watch the Holiday boat parade at a marina! Or you can promise them a day playing in the snow, or going ice skating, or a beach day.   We have all heard the phrase that time is money.  So maybe this year we can stop thinking of money and give the people we love our time.

Happy GIVING!

And smooth sailing!

Shauna