When is a gift not only a gift?

When it's a reminder that someone is thinking of you. It has nothing to do with what the gift actually is - it's quite literally the thought that counts.  The gift can be the silliest thing under the sun but it means that someone picked it up (or picked it out) and was  thinking of you and the fun you would have with it.  Or was even considering how you would laugh when you opened it and wondered why in the world they had sent it to you!

Perhaps it's a color they know you love - or a shape that reminds them of the last day you were together laughing at the shapes you both saw in the clouds.

Maybe it's even a nudge from them that you need to start in a different more exciting direction.

On the other hand, maybe it's a gift to tell you how much you mean to them.  Whatever the impetus behind the gift, rest assured it will warm the heart.

This is a short post.  If you have someone who means something to you and it's not even a gifty time of year, don't let that stop you.  It's not about the money, it's not about the classy-ness, it's not even about being appropriate - it's about letting someone know that for one moment in time, you thought "Man, I bet he/she would love this!".  So go for it!