"I want to give you something."

Everyone on this earth is carrying a burden, dealing with issues, trying to cope. We cope in different ways...turn our problems over to a higher force, meditate, run away from them, hoping life's difficulties will not catch up with us. A few weeks before Christmas as I was mulling over keeping the cost of Christmas down, I read that it is not my job to make someone else happy. How free this realization made me! And today I read that everyone holds the key to happiness in their own pocket. My husband, dad and brother are not happy people. My husband and dad are bored and need some spice in their lives, and my brother is dealing with a difficult marital situation. My husband and I were having a discussion the other day and he told me that he "wants to give me something." I was rather taken aback and commented, "I have everything I need. I have you." One of my favorite Christmas season pasttimes was to sit with my husband and watch "happy ever after" Christmas movies. I enjoy visiting with my Mother and Dad on Tuesday afternoon and remembering the good old days. I am happy walking my dogs either around the field and through the woods or around the neighborhood. I like looking at the colors of their dog sweaters and new harnesses, Pudges sweet puppy face and Maui's silky fly away ears. I spend Sunday morning regrouping at a church service. I am happy when I can help customers at the flower shop and I get endomorphins when I participate in hapkido, ride my horses or attend kickfit classes. Did my husband mean he wants to give me a material gift, something to be bought or did he mean he wants to share a meal out or do an activity together?