I received a really unexpected and special birthday gift this week and I wanted to share because this is an idea worth copying.
My oldest son and I's birthdays are just one week apart. There was a card in the mail addressed to him for his birthday from my best girlfriend in Minnesota. (We often send a little something to each other's kids for their birthdays.) He opened it when we were all sitting down to dinner and there was $20 bucks in it! He was stoked and started to read aloud the message inside the card. It said that as a birthday gift to both him and to me, he was to take his mom out to coffee, just the two of us. We were both shocked!
My girlfriend knows from the countless conversations she and I share, that I am feeling my son naturally pull away as he is about to start high school and have been craving more connection and time with him, so this was a gift to both of us and our relationship. I was in tears. I felt so heard, so understood and supported by my girlfriend. My son on the other hand was promised whatever change was leftover so he may just opt for a black coffee instead of his mocha-frappa-grande-whatever, which in and of itself is a growing opportunity.
Who do you know that could use a little nudge for connection through a similar gift?
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What are some unique and important ways a friend has shown up for you?
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