I mean for a birthday, for Christmas (or Qwanza, Hahnukah, or Festivus or whatever it is you do) or whatever? Anniversary? I dunno...
For me, it was a very personal scrapbook my wife put together without my knowledge of memorabilia from my biological father, who was killed by the mafia when I was 4. He had been a decorated war hero in Vietnam in the 101st Airborne before getting caught up in drugs and ending up in a bad place - which cost him his life, ultimately. But enough of that... so she got together with my grandmother across the country and got pictures from childhood up through his military days and his award letter for his bronze star, etc. Put it all together in a military-themed scrapbook that literally shocked me to my core and made me bawl like a baby in front of the whole damn family! Dammit! Anyways, it was the most thoughtful and personal gift I think I've ever received. I was totally dumbfounded at the time she spent and coordinated with my family members to get all this stuff and I knew absolutely zero about it. Of course, I was in residency at the time, so I was working 90 hours a week or more and was never home, so she coulda built an Abrams in the backyard from spare parts and I probably wouldn't have noticed. lol.
Probably the second best was the watch she gave me on the Millennium New Year's Eve which she had inscribed on the back with a marriage proposal - that one was seriously hard to top, but she did it.
I think maybe third is the coffee mug my son had made with his own money with two pictures of him and me, one on either side - they were good pics, but man, that was a personal gift from him that I really loved.
I think he was 9 at the time. Very cool stuff.
So anyways... what about you guys?
For me, it was a very personal scrapbook my wife put together without my knowledge of memorabilia from my biological father, who was killed by the mafia when I was 4. He had been a decorated war hero in Vietnam in the 101st Airborne before getting caught up in drugs and ending up in a bad place - which cost him his life, ultimately. But enough of that... so she got together with my grandmother across the country and got pictures from childhood up through his military days and his award letter for his bronze star, etc. Put it all together in a military-themed scrapbook that literally shocked me to my core and made me bawl like a baby in front of the whole damn family! Dammit! Anyways, it was the most thoughtful and personal gift I think I've ever received. I was totally dumbfounded at the time she spent and coordinated with my family members to get all this stuff and I knew absolutely zero about it. Of course, I was in residency at the time, so I was working 90 hours a week or more and was never home, so she coulda built an Abrams in the backyard from spare parts and I probably wouldn't have noticed. lol.
Probably the second best was the watch she gave me on the Millennium New Year's Eve which she had inscribed on the back with a marriage proposal - that one was seriously hard to top, but she did it.
I think maybe third is the coffee mug my son had made with his own money with two pictures of him and me, one on either side - they were good pics, but man, that was a personal gift from him that I really loved.
I think he was 9 at the time. Very cool stuff.So anyways... what about you guys?
