Father's Day Gifts

Posted by Mary Welling-Bonney Jun 3, 2008

Many adults struggle with purchasing gifts for father's day. Dad's and Grandpa's are just really hard to buy for. Now imagine you are seven years old and have no money to buy a gift. You can ask mom but it's not the same. You want it to be a gift from you that he will really like. It doesn't have to be all about money. Even as adults we find times when the money gift is beyond us.

My son was going through a lot of health problems a few years ago. It meant he was out of work for sometime and we knew he had bills to pay and was really struggling. We told him not to worry about buying a gift. We didn't want him spending money on a gift we knew he needed for survival.

He came over on Father's day and gave his father a small box wrapped up with a bow. At first we were very upset to think he went and spent money when we knew he couldn't afford to. When his father opened to box he found a small stone. He was told it was a thinking stone. It was small enough to keep in his pocket with change. Then whenever he had a tough decision to make he was to reach in his pocket and rub on his thinking stone.

What a simple gift, but a perfect gift.

It actually worked in a different way though. Whenever he would reach in his pocket and feel the stone he was reminded of his son's love. He still carries that stone with him everyday.