During the last years my mother was with us every year she would give us gifts of her favorite treasures at Christmas .
This is one of my favorites. It is a brooch that my mother bought as a gift for my grandmother about 1942.
She gave me a note in her handwritting telling me that it cost her $12.00 which was a whole weeks wages and tips.
I think the best gift is our memories and things from the past.
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