You might think it silly that I find your gift to me so perfect. It’s literally exactly what I asked for. To which you might retort, “No duh. We bought it from your giftly.”

Yes. Exactly. Isn’t that perfect?! Our cousin thinks pre-arranged gift-giving undermines the thoughtfulness of the gift. Perhaps. But in purchasing exactly what I wanted, you were being thoughtful, thinking how particular I can be, you thought it best not to let your ego decide on my behalf what my ego wanted as a Christmas gift — what could be more thoughtful than that?!

And in our mother’s gift-giving spirit, you bought me a thoughtful something extra: TEA!

I’ve been drinking the tea every night and wearing your shirt every day — as you saw with your own eyes when we visited. So … thank you!

Much love to you both,From Quentin 🙂

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