Well, look at the start. Already ideal

A scant forty-five minutes after my first contribution went up, I was inundated by tears. Tears of gratitude.

Sitting in church waiting for mass. I get a text from my youngest with an image of a watch my mom left her. On the back were mom’s initials, and the date, 12-25-64.

Must have been gifted by dad to mom back on that Christmas. No clue. First time I ever saw the back of the watch. She wore it pretty much my whole life with her, and yet I don’t recall knowing what was inscribed on the back. Maybe it was a time in her life she wanted to keep to herself.

Now my little one has it and wants to get it fixed so she can wear it. Then she will have grandma and grandpa with her every day. I guess Christmas can come on February 5th if it wants to.

Just when you think it cannot get any better, it just does. Ideal might last for only the next forty-five some minutes until the next moment brings something even more amazing with it. You can never really know. But if you remain in it, the present provides all sorts of gifts.

Even from 1964.