tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199402513564391276.post4262293130649083244..comments2024-03-19T16:08:19.897-07:00Comments on Maximum Gratitude, Minimal Stuff: Give Gifts That MatterKaren Trefzgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860603569108130134noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199402513564391276.post-9070628155305425672019-08-29T12:38:07.473-07:002019-08-29T12:38:07.473-07:00Thank you for your comment. You bring up a good p...Thank you for your comment. You bring up a good point about how difficult it is to celebrate when your family lives so far apart. My siblings and my husbands siblings all live in different states, so we never celebrate birthdays together, and rarely meet for holidays. Phone and Skype calls are usually the best we can do, though a few of us still send hand-written cards/notes. I don't think exchanging physical gifts would make our relationships closer, however.<br />I am so fortunate that my two adult children (one married with two children of her own) each live within 50 miles (though in opposite directions). We are able to gather far more often. I know that may not always be the case.Karen Trefzgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860603569108130134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199402513564391276.post-45329881228417514822019-08-29T10:08:30.322-07:002019-08-29T10:08:30.322-07:00I too used to have a couple of drawers filled of ...I too used to have a couple of drawers filled of future gifts. I'm trying hard to live in the present and not buy for the future. Birthdays used to be so simple and used to mean gathering with family and extended family for me until the grandparents passed and then my own parents passed. Now as a woman with young single adult children, I wonder if we will ever live in the same state to continue to gather and celebrate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com