About a gift

[fpb]

Yesterday I got a package through the mail. It was from an English-speaking country that has some claim to being the oldest member of the British Empire, and from a lady I knew. I opened the package, and out came... at first, it looked like a book. Then I realized that it was, in fact, a large notebook, hand made by the sender, and decorated with copies of my own artwork taken from the Net.

Isn't it true that, while gifts are beloved from anyone, hand-made gifts are especially affecting and touching? My problem now is that I do not know how to properly honour the gift. To use it as an ordinary notebook would cheapen it. I keep on thinking that the best use would to make fair copies of all my writings that I value most; that would take a lot of time and work, but it is the only way I can think of to come up to the effort and work of the giver.

Thank you very much, dear friend.

Comments

[curia-regis.livejournal.com]

Why don't you use it as a notebook for future writing ideas?

[guarani]

Hmmm... I can't find the English version of the concept... in Spanish I would suggest using it as a "libro de visitas" i.e., a notebook where your visitors sign and leave some message when visiting, thus adding some value to what visitors do most of the time.

[cette-vie.livejournal.com]

That's adorable! I think that's the nicest idea for a present I've heard in a while... is it your birthday soon or something?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

My birthday is July 24. I do however suspect that this particular item must have been lost in the mail for a while.