A TWO DOLLAR CHRISTMAS GIFT......

This morning before church I went to the ladies room. When I came out of the stall to wash my hands, Gracie came out of the other one. We looked at each other...Grandma! Gracie! I said, "Gracie, you look so beautiful this morning." She said, "I know." She washed her hands, and then took time to primp. She fluffed her hair, straightened her new little shawl, and fixed her little silver necklace.
I watched her for a few seconds and briefly took a little trip back in time. I felt that special Christmas feeling and while Gracie was seeing a princess in that mirror, I was seeing me in Gracie. I remembered what it felt like to be a little girl at Christmas again. Then Gracie said, "Look, Grandma." She showed me her little silver necklace with the heart. She opened it and there was a picture of her Mom and Dad on the inside. She got the necklace yesterday and that was about a dozen times she had said, "Look Grandma," while she opened up the necklace. Then she said, "and look at this." She took her little fringed shawl and flipped it so that the fringe whirled around. I said, "that is so pretty, Gracie." She said, "I know." So, she was looking in the mirror and I knew that she was seeing a princess. I also knew the shawl came from the Dollar Tree because I was with her Mom when she bought it. The necklace cost a dollar as well. When Leanne showed me the shawl at the store, I raised my eyebrow like, we-l-l-l? I could only envision the fringe flying away with the first breeze. Leanne said, "No, Gracie will love it." I'm so glad she bought that shawl anyway. She knew Gracie would not know nor would she care that it cost so little. So, for two dollars Gracie got to feel like a Princess, and I got to feel like a little girl at Christmas again. Priceless...