gift

so many celebrations coming up.

weddings. graduations. mother's day. birthdays. second weddings.

and then comes my favorite part.

finding the present. the perfect one. the one.

looking up registries. buying glasses. coffee makers (red, like the kind they wanted). gifts that you try to find when you don't have a registry to go on. gift certificates to lovely online boutiques. creative presents for college students, like cute storage containers for takeout. or this book (i just read it and fell in love with it). a mother's day present only the bf's mother could love.

on most days, i am a taker. i fill my life up with moments and daydreams and things and love and i greedily take it in. i suck it all in and swallow it whole and revel in the deliciousness of it all. i take, i take, i take! gimme gimme gimme. thank you.

but on great days, i am definitely a giver.