What to give our loved ones?

My mother celebrated her 88th birthday this year. Sometimes we wonder and don't know what to get our loved ones. When my late father was approaching his 90th birthday a few years ago, I spent some time thinking about what to give him. What gift would he really enjoy at his age. At some point it dawned on me and I gave him the gift of my time. On his day, I took a day off and spent the whole day with him. From breakfast onwards, right through to dinner. And that time I was really with him and with my mother, of course. We had a great time, my dad was overjoyed and I realised that we hadn't been together like that for a while. On her day I invited Mum to lunch, at my place of course. And she got flowers and a lot of attention. Sometimes that is worth more than all the presents we buy.

Kaj podariti našim ljubljenim?

Moja mama je letos praznovala 88. rojstni dan. Včasih se vprašamo in ne vemo kaj bi podarili našim dragim osebam. Ko se je moj pokojni oče pred leti približeval 90. rojstnemu dnevu, sem kar nekaj časa razmišljal, kaj naj mu podarim. Katerega darila bi se res razveselil pri svojih letih. V nekem trenutku se mi je posvetilo in tako sem mu podaril svoj čas. Na njegov dan sem.si vzel dopust in z njim preživel ves dan. Od zajtrka dalje, pa do večerje. In ta čas sem bil res z njim in z mamo seveda. Imeli smo se super, oče je bil presrečen in ugotovil sem, da se tako skupaj nismo družili že nekaj časa. Na njen dan sem mamo povabil na kosilo, k meni seveda. Pa rožice je dobila in veliko pozornosti. Včasih je to več vredno, kot vsa darila, ki jih kupimo.