Simple gifts know no season. They all cost something, but not necessarily money. Some cost the inconvenience of interrupting your day to do something for someone else. Some cost setting aside your own preoccupation and trying to see life through someone else's eyes. Some cost giving up something good for a greater good. The currency of exchange is love.

A simple gift: The touch of a hand. When my wife and I visit the sick and shut-in, they want to be touched. I've visited people who can no longer talk, or open their eyes, but when you hold their hand and talk to them, they squeeze your hand. They want you to know that they hear you, and are glad that you remember them and care about them. They can say more with a feeble hand clasp than most people can with all the eloquence of speech.

If you are giving presents at this, or any time of year, don't forget those simple gifts.

Please share your simple gifts here on the Cat..

Jerry