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The Gift My Brother Couldn't Give
By: Gary E. Anderson
From the book A Heartland Christmas Collection
Gary Anderson
www.abciowa.com
In the first years after my brothers, sister, and I left home, there were several Christmases in which our ability to give fell far short of our desire. In fact, we often found ourselves getting very creative if we were going to give any Christmas presents at all. But those early Christmases also contained some of the finest gifts I`ve ever received, and one of those was the gift my brother Jim thought he couldn`t give.
Jim had chosen a difficult road, working for himself instead of collecting a weekly paycheck like the one I got from the department store where I worked, and his funds were always limited.
As Christmas approached, we all searched for the perfect gift for each family member. Since I knew Jim harbored a secret desire to write, I bought him two beautifully hardbound books consisting of nothing but empty pages, so he could fill them with his own words. They weren`t expensive, but I knew he`d love them.
As we gathered around our parents` tree on Christmas morning, Jim`s smile shown brightly as he watched his loved ones begin to unwrap the strangest assortment of gifts I`d ever seen. One by one, family members exchanged mystified looks as they opened one totally unexplainable gift after another. My sister received a well-used meditation candle. My youngest brother opened a half-empty box of incense. But Jim just sat cross-legged on the floor, unfazed by the puzzled looks and embarrassed thank you`s.
Just when I`d decided my brother had lost his mind, Dad ....[MORE]
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