Thoughtful gifts and care packages for all occasions including ready-made and build-your-own personalised gift boxes and hampers.
When I went (twice) in middle school, they would walk us in a group around the building, and then take us up to the top of the building to get a close up look at the golden horses. My grandpa told me he once carved his name into one of them. I'm sure it's not true but I...
doing Easter baskets, “attending” church (online), making a special meal and sitting down together, taking a walk together, maybe having a picnic in a field of wildflowers and flying kites as my family and I used to do when we were growing up. ...
I’ve always tried to call the season by its proper name: autumn. I think it was never a true season for me. I lived in places where there were no real seasons, or where the change from one time of year to another was more like summer-winter (and a small winter at that.) Well,...
She took so kindly to me, that, in the course of a few weeks, she shortened my adopted name of Trotwood into Trot; and even encouraged me to hope, that if I went on as I had begun, I might take equal rank in her affections with my sister Betsey Trotwood. ‘Trot,’ said my ...
Finally we hit the breaking point, and I had a lot of laundry to do in very short order. As I was moving baskets of clothes around, a fresh basket from the dryer sat a little bit too long. This load was the adults' more casual but still needs a hanger color clothes. As I put ...
So I made a lunch stop at Delsa’s on my walk over for a Monday afternoon visit — another bonus of Willow Park is that it’s about a mile from my brother’s house! I also found the Easter Bunny’s goodies, a day too late. Mom and Dad were just as happy with their baskets as...
Negotiating the mountain all day to find the poorest people and we still have 65 baskets to deliver. We bring as many as we can, plus the shoe bags and the cooler for the chicken. Each gift basket consists of a large round plastic basin that can be used to mix masa, wash a baby, ...
One morning near the end of the year, I got a knock on my door before school. It was the girl and her father, whom I had never met before. The girl was holding a gift. The father said, “Mr. Bray, my wife and I would like to thank you for everything you did for our daughte...
Our vet put Henry on a very upped dose of Prednisone and another gut specific steroid (I forget the name). High level pred for a couple weeks and the other med forever. We had 2 options for a food change. We tried one and it was an epic fail and then we tried a second option ...