{"id":1194,"date":"2010-12-21T22:41:04","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T03:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2010-12-21T22:41:04","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T03:41:04","slug":"its-almost-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1194","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Almost Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Christmas&#8230; \u00a0I love how it makes me feel inside&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8765.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1195\" title=\"DSC_8765\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8765-1024x748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8765-1024x748.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8765-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I realize \u00a0that may sound a little corny&#8230; but I do. \u00a0I love that I am taking my boys out shopping for their brothers&#8230; and they put so much heart into some of their gifts. \u00a0I love how they forget about how much money they really have&#8230; and are thinking of the excitement and delight their brother will have getting such a great gift.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I love the thought and love behind gifts. \u00a0I love buying or making or putting together something for all those I love or who have touched my life in some way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tonight I gave Sanj one of \u00a0his present&#8230; \u00a0OK, this is tradition for us&#8230; I buy his present and then just <em>can not<\/em> wait to give it to him! \u00a0I just love giving him gifts. \u00a0He is one of the greatest gift in my life&#8230; \u00a0he has changed my life since \u00a0those days of him pretending to not know I was crazy for him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tradition is that I try really hard&#8230; I really do&#8230; to hide his gift, to wait until Christmas&#8230; I have given his gifts to friends to hold and not give in to my demands early.. yet every year, I give him one gift early.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tonight was the night&#8230; Sanj was tired&#8230; fighting a cold and had to deal with his wife begging to give him a gift early&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He has lots of self-control. \u00a0He can wait with the best of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Me &#8230; not so much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So tonight I gave him a present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Why break tradition?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He loved it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I love him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What a gift&#8230; this man I am blessed to call husband and dearest friend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy gift giving&#8230; remember it isn&#8217;t about the money&#8230; but the thought&#8230; make a plate of cookies&#8230; sprinkle some love on it&#8230; and touch someone&#8217;s heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>By the way&#8230; I have LOVED, truly loved getting your cards. 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