gifts and thoughts.

Christmas season had come. This is the season to feel the agitation in opening beautifully wrapped gifts, and feel the joy of being near to your loved ones.

I've been receiving gifts since then. But one thing I just don't know what to do.

There's this gift of a stuffed toy. I named it "Petrie." I was kinda surprised why someone has given that to me. Surprised because I had not expected that he would give me something this Christmas. I was grateful for the thought of giving, at least. But I didn't want to show up as a snobby and mean girl not accepting it.

Do you know why I'm feeling like this? It's because I just couldn't replace CJ. He was given by a special someone of mine. I wasn't wishing and will never be wishing for a stuffed toy anymore because I already have CJ. And no one or nothing can ever replace CJ. I don't want Petrie, the stuffed toy, to feel bad about my favoritism.

The someone who had given me Petrie should, at least, have asked. Anything else would have been better such like a necklace, a handkerchief, a watch, a pillow, a keychain, or the Jonas Brothers' Lines, Vines, and Trying Times album. I don't mean to offend or hurt the giver. It's just that I couldn't help but express my feelings through this post. This is what Blogger is all about, right?

At the very least, I'm still grateful and I appreciate the thought of giving me such. Really, and from the bottom of my heart.

Though I love surprises, sometimes it can't be avoided that I'll feel disappointment and discontentment. These are one of human's characteristics. I know you've felt this way, too. But somehow, in every gift we have and will be receiving, it's the thought that counts. No matter how expensive or cheap. The fact that someone had exerted effort to wrap the gift and had spent money to buy it, then the someone showed care, appreciation, gratefulness, and love.

CJ (left) and Petrie (right)