Special Moments

With Artfire doing the Christmas in July promotion, I can't help but start thinking of Christmas presents already. What to buy for each person as well as some of my favorite gifts throughout the years. It really is true as I get older that it is the little things that mean so much more. Like my son remembering that mom doesn't really like chocolate but loves Skittles. So as one of my little gifts he got me some Skittles. So, as I was looking through some studios from the Trading Post Guild on Artfire, I found these little things in Crochetedlittlethings Artfire studio. They made me think of my mom. My mom collects cookie jars. She has probably 20 of them. We as a family finally all agreed to quit buying them as she was running out of places to put them. The ironic part is that my dad is a diabetic and the last thing he needs are cookies around the house. But every time any of her 6 grandkids walk into the house, the first thing they do is head to the cookie jar. It is almost always empty, which we all understand but why have 20 cookie jars if there are no cookies? So these little crocheted cookies are the perfect gift for mom. She will see the humor in my gift but she will treasure them always. And knowing my mom, she will put a couple in the cookie jar just to see who finds them. I know she will keep a couple out hanging around on her cabinet pulls so that she will see them every time she walks through the kitchen. And I know that every time one of those grandkids ( who love to tease grandma ) pulls out one of her special cookies, she will get a great laugh. It will be one of those memories that we will sit around and talk about as we all get older. You all have those stories that every time the family gets together, someone starts with the "You remember that one time that...". The cookies will be one of those. It will start when she upwraps them at Christmas and everyone will love them. They will all be glad that grandma finally has cookies for her cookie jar. So please, take a moment, think about your family members and those special moments. It really is the simple things in life that we remember the most and with the fondest of memories. Sheila, studio914