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If you’re keeping track of my days, you’ll quickly notice that my “29 days” haven’t been so… well.. consecutive.   I’m kind of slacking at my goal, and, and now I think I know why.  Up until now, I’ve felt like the “real” gifts have to be purchased.  Be it flowers or a card or dinner.   Why do I think that?  I wonder if it might expose a weakness of mine; ie – the better the gift, the more it cost?  Ah – epiphany, and what an ugly side.  I think I just realized how this 29 gifts thing is going to play out for me.  I’m going to either send an email or a card every day to someone.  And by card I mean on a notecard.   Because this isn’t about money spent, but about the thought – literally the thought of this.  The thought being about someone else rather than me.

So, today’s gift was spending ~20 minutes comforting someone who is really scared about her daughter – she was originally thought to have viral meningitis, and then migraines, but now they are wondering if its a Chiari malformation.  Which would require surgery.  She’s extremely scared, and I was lucky enough to be given the chance to comfort her.