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In a message dated 3/7/2005 8:38:30 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
pamsoroosh@... writes:

When the kids were younger, I did buy a LOT of stuff in which they
showed absolutely no interest - I made a lot of mistakes. Sometimes,
later, one of them discovered something I'd bought years earlier and
loved it.


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Same here. There are COOL things no one ever cared about, but there are
also things that cost little to nothing that have been played with and shown off
over and over.

I bought a little wood-carving of an owl the other day, from Japan. $1.98
at Goodwill. Mostly I thought my husband would like to see it. It was all
cut from one stick of wood, and there were curly wing feathers and tail
feathers. I put it on the island counter in the kitchen, and everyone, family
member and guest, has picked it up and looked. Holly reminded me we had another
carved owl she found in a woodpile in a friend's house when she was little, so
we put them together.

There have been $15 books that got barely a glance.

But it's been that way with my husband too, and adult friends. Sometimes we
pick a restaurant or recommend a movie or give a gift that kinda falls flat.
Other times the slightest whiff of a hint turns into some life-changing
interest-fest.

Backing off of offering doesn't do it. Offer more.

Sandra


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