Whitney Garner was randomly selected as our $25 Gift Certificate Winner to Monograms for All Occasions!
Whitney and many others submitted her answer to: What's the best gift you've ever given or received? Here are some of the fun responses:
"I wrote my husband a poem years ago when we were dating. Little did I know he still carries it with him in his wallet. He made a copy and framed it and put pictures of our kids on the top and bottom of the poem. He wrote me a loving note about how special the poem still is to him, how much he loves me, said look how blessed our lives are in reference to our special kiddies. It is the most special thing he has ever given me!"
"Hands down, the BEST gift was a healthy baby Emma and even healthier (and BIGGER) baby Joseph... who are now 6 and 4.5, respectively!"
"Thanks Kate for an awesome website for Mommies!! The greatest gift I have ever received would have to be my husband! He is my best friend and has provided me with the best two babies any Mom could ever want. He is my anchor and I don't think I could live without him! I have several friends AND family members that have gone through horrible relationships, divorce, and even domestic violence so everyday I count my blessings and he is first on my list!"
"I'm sure I should put the birth of my children or world peace, but I'm going to be completely honest...for my 30th birthday (I was pregnant with my 2nd child), my husband surprised me with a trip to New York to see a Broadway Play, eat a wonderful dinner and go and see Katie Couric's last day on the Today Show (I was a big fan). Then he threw in a trip to the diamond district and surprised me with trading in my old diamond for a bright and shiny new one! I felt like a princess that weekend!"
"I got marred at 20 and my husband Wayne and I had a little son during that first year. Roger was born several months early and having complications he died. I soon got pregnant again, but too soon and I miscarried. March 1975 I got pregnant again and you can only imagine I was so very nervous. God was there with us and our son, Scott was born December 18th 1975. Thirty-three years ago today. Scott is my most precious gift and I brought him home on my twenty-second birthday. "
"I am a collector of holiday snow globes and one year my middle child-Jack made a snow globe in his pre-k class. It was the most amazing gift and was so cleaver....the inside of the globe had a tiny picture of him cut out like an ornament & was hanging on a white painted twig. I cried Xmas morning! I love it!"
"I have been blessed with so many gift in life, but the greatest by far is my daughter. No material gift has ever matched the joy she has given me."
"The best gift I've ever received would have to be ... A violin ... my (then) boyfriend, now husband, totally surprised me by fulfilling a childhood dream of mine of learning to play the violin. He chose a beautiful hand-crafted violin that far exceeded my expectations! He even arranged for lessons and everything! His unexpected gift left me speechless and knowing without a doubt that he was the one!"
"We have had a tragic loss, our daughter Annabelle died on May 4th, 2005. I then had trouble getting pregnant for about a year and went through all kinds of fertility. After five months of failed IUI's, we took a break from it all. We conceived on our own and found out about the pregnancy on sweet Annabelle's birthday (10-13)! Brady (now 18 mos.) was my gift from her, I am sure of it! Often I thank her for sending him to me, I can tell she hand picked him just for us!Love, Meredyth Bryant"
"The best gift I ever received was a bigger home! We moved from a little 1500 sq.ft. house in an iffy neighborhood in south FL to a beautiful 2600 sq. ft. home on over an acre in the woods in western Chesterfield county. The change in myself and my family is priceless! It was all possible because my husband knew how much I wanted to leave FL. so he went to his boss and asked for a transfer because he wanted to make me happy. I love that man!"
"For Mother's day one year my youngest daughter Rachel saved all her candy she got for her "being good all week" gift on Fridays. (she was in 3rd grade, she is now 12) the thing is, she has heard me say for year and year how much i love red skittles, so my bag I received that year was her saving of about 5 weeks worth of candy, ALL RED, red skittles, red m&m's, red gum, all red candy in a lil bag with a red bow. It was the best gift I ever got."
"The greatest gift I ever received was the Christmas of 2005. I had just left my very abusive ex husband and me and my kids had to leave almost everything behind. So, I know Christmas would be very tight because all the months leading till XMAS I missed alot of work running back and forth to court trying to keep us safe from him and getting full custody of my kid. Well by the time Christmas rolled around i was having a hard enough time putting groceries in the house let alone even think about . . .(end of message not received)"
"The greatest GIFTS I ever received are my 2 precious daughters from China. You see, in order for me to become a Mom, 2 other Moms had to make the ultimate sacrifice: give their baby daughters to the great unknown; allowing them a chance at a better life. Those gifts enabled me to receive the greatest gift of all: the gift of motherhood. I think of them & thank them every day for this incredible gift of life and for allowing me to experience what they can never know: these 2 beautiful daughters!"
"My 8 year daughter gave me a blanket she made herself. That was the best gift ever.
The best gift I have received was twofold today. 1st, my brother e-mailed me to tell me his cancer has NOT returned and 2nd, my son, injured at work tells me his bad days are getting much less in number and his good days are getting to be more. Life is good.
The greatest gift I even got was a cedar chest that my husband bought (and surprised me with) to hold all of my memories. Inside the chest was a Mork and Mindy game that he managed to find on e-bay. We played that silly game on the very first night we met. It was a gift of memories past and memories yet to be had."
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