Gifts into the Future

When thinking of visiting a new place and family I've had to think of what gifts to take to Prague.
What would they like?
What is Canadian?
What would they associate with Canada?

We have mountains.
They have higher ones.
We have lakes.
They have them too. Just a little smaller.
We have weird professional team logos.
So do they. Have you seen some of the professional hockey player in Europe and what they have to wear? Yikes.

So I'm taking some things with me that I think show others they have a Canadian cousin!
I'm not telling what the gifts are because they are probably reading this!
(Hi Kuchar and Krejcova families!)
So it will be a surprise but it will be distinctively Canadian and fun.
Might be tasty too!
I'm having fun planning it all.

My definition of a gift is a surprise.
Something that is nice, thoughtful and unexpected.
It's something that a lot of meaning is attached to.
If you know what the gift is ahead of time. It isn't really a gift. "It's an pleasant surprise". (The Man's favourite phrase)

We all have gifts. They are talents or a skill that someone else thinks is pretty neat.
That gift may not be a thing that can be boxed up.
It is just as special though.
But harder to give.

We receive gifts at various times of the year because society/religion tells us to give them.

But when we get one out of the blue it's really special. It has more meaning than ever.

The Man gave me a gift in December, at our Christmas (the day we set aside as our Christmas Day).
It was out of the blue.
It was soooo special and unexpected.

It is very, very neat.
It is incredibly thoughtful.
It is given in love and for the future.

It is a commitment.

(Oh yeah, and there was a little wooden box involved that held a precious item to be an outward sign that commitment).

Wow!
What a gift!