What gift would you like to pass along this holiday season?

12 years ago

Pick a person and what would you love to pass along to them this holiday.

I am choosing my Uncle Dan. I wish him a happier and healthier new year. I want his depression to lift, that he would seek help for it because I know how bad he is hurting. I want him to live out the rest of his life in a happy, positive state.

What would you gift to someone you love?

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joyfulguy
12 years ago
Affection.

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12 years ago
Michelle, I would wish the same for my brother who has never been able to have a happy day in his life.

I would like us both to die knowing each other and would love to have him show up at my home on Christmas Day. There are no words to describe how awful it feels to not be able to help him.
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I think a gift card is always appreciated-- but I'd say all the more if it is for an indulgence. Either a gourmet shop as Eld suggests or even to their normal store with a note to get new year's treats or similar. My mother never just sends an amazon gift card.. she sends it with a note to buy something I've been wanting but didn't need.. or to rekindle an old hobby. She always puts it much more eloquently but my point is even a ubiquitous amazon card felt special with the right note. I'd be inclined to send a quarantine care package-- with or without a grocery/gournet gift card. Some suggestions to spark ideas appropriate to the family.. A family activity box: with puzzles and games. In my family, puzzles are mostly favored by the women but this one got all engaged (pick the team of your choice-- sis's family are all tarheel fans) movie binge night package classicmovie munchies, a scratch off poster of top 100 movies of all-time, an apple tv gift card, etc. Food related: kit to make hot sauce or cheese.. or go with a theme of specialty items around a type of cuisine. I always like fresh pastas, a nice chunk of locatelli, stuffed olives, etc... but so many other themes for pizza night, homemade dumplings. Something unique to your area: many places will ship things like Philly Cheesesteaks, NYC Bagels, Chicago Deep Dish, etc.
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wildchild
12 years ago
I would wish forever and constant chemical (brain chemistry) stability for my Bipolar DH. He really struggles at times. The holidays seem the hardest on him.
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12 years ago
wildchild, I wish that for you too. I have a friend, more than one who went to a psychopharmacologist and it was so very hard but he was finally balanced out. Both of them are doing so much better for many years. I think they have constant follow-up but times and meds would appear to have improved. I guess you know best. What a battle for you as I am sure you get the sick end of it.I admire you for your endurance. I see people struggling themselves with the diagnosis and they are always starting over making friends. Chemical imbalalances are so harsh.
OklaMoni
12 years ago
a more positive outlook on life! I am surprised at the amount of people that are grumpy, mean and hateful. Just look at the positive site of things... and you can feel so much better about yourself and your surroundings.

Moni
anne_ct
12 years ago
If it were within my power to do so...WORLD PEACE!

I'm a news junky so my eyes and ears are always involved in one media form or another trying to keep abreast of the world. It's always been my dream to turn on the evening news and have it be one story after another only involving positive events. Wouldn't that be amazing?! IMHO...money doesn't make us poor. It's our attitudes that deprive us of contentment and/or gratification.

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marie_ndcal
12 years ago
Accepting people as they are and not trying to change them.Look at their view points--you don't have to agree but ???
Try to accept new people whether it is in your town, neighborhood, church or work.
No matter what income people have don't ask for more than they want to give. Give Thanks and move on.
patti43
12 years ago
I would tell every young person entering the work force to start saving NOW for their retirement. Those words fall on deaf ears, I'm afraid, but so important.
joyfulguy
12 years ago
Hi Patti43,

Along the line that you mention ...

... on the day that you start work ... you have brains and hands at work ... and no money.

On the day that you retire ... you have brains at money at work ... and no hands.

When considering retirement ... if you're inclined to invest a substantial portion of your assets in issues that can't grow ... you'll need to give serious consideration to the ravages of inflation on your nest egg.

'Tain't no fun being required/forced by hunger to return to work at about 80.

ole joyful ... comfortably living on pensions at 80+
cynic
12 years ago
I'd like to give a shot of common sense to everyone. To the ones who have to stay in the lane to try to get just one more car length before cutting over and making everyone panic stop. The ones who think a flu shot will keep them from getting sick. The ones who think they're saving money by putting things on credit cards with minimal monthly payments. The ones who think they're doing themselves good by moving every few years, refinancing to lower their payments rather than the amount paid and the coupon queens who think they're saving money by buying things they won't use and only bought it because they had a coupon. And the ones that think paying an annual fee to walk in the door of the Grab-n-Grunt is saving them money.

I could go on, but I'd sure like to share that rare commodity called "common sense".
wildchild
12 years ago
Thank you Ellie. Actually DH does pretty well. His Bipolar is pretty well controlled but it does seem to be a "as good as it gets" type of illness. We are going to see the doctor next week to talk about his meds. I think he may need to change the schedule he takes them on or up the dose on one. He takes an anti depressant in the AM. and an anti anxiety one in the afternoon. I think he may need to take the later pil earlier or maybe deg crease the dosage of the am pill. But our doc is really good at adjustments. I just need to go with him because my DH forgets to mention the important stuff.
susanjf_gw
12 years ago
after having lunch with several of my girl grands in a casual dining place...better table manners...

know 2 were really hungry (just got off a soocer field) but wow! they shoveled the food in...sad to say dil and dd didn't do a thing! nor did ds and sil...i thanked the server after...

neither set of parents were raised that way...in fact, dd1 was in the masonic program for girls and they were very heavy on deportment...

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