Gifts From the Heart

Every year, our eldest daughter Nicole (an artist in her own

right), creates a wonderful seasonal themed gift for me. This year's special gift is "Christmas Dreams" shadowbox. Last year she painted and costumed a blank nutcracker in an opulent olde world style and the year before was a fabulous old parlour Christmas setting in a shadow box. These (shown

above) are just from the last three years and I wanted to share them. The rest of Nicole's gifts, from gorgeous hand crafted

jewelry to knit scarves and paintings are eagerly looked forward

to each year.

Our other daughter, Keara, is not as artistically creative, however

she is thoughtfully inventive when it comes to the gifts she gives

her Dad and I. We always look so forward to what quirky, wonderful thing she has thought up too.

These are truly gifts from the heart and we are so blessed to

have such fantastic daughters.