The gift that just went wrong....

First - Happy Valentine's Day, or what's left of it.

Second - Happy Birthday Daddy!

Third, have you ever bought the cutest gift and it just blew up in your face? Let me explain... Mom and Presley always joke with me that Dad loves Little Bit more than he loves me... we pick and pick and I usually cave and say "you're right" Well, I found the cutest ornament for my Dad - It simply said: "Dad, the first man I ever loved" So I send it to him for his birthday. He opens it tonight and Miss P is there... Well, when he reads it, the ever intelligent 6 year old (soon to be 7) misinterprets the whole thing and thinks it means Dad loves me more than her...

Mom calls shortly after the gift has been opened, P is pissed beyond belief, her feelings are hurt, she is crying uncontrollably and I am the LAST PERSON ON EARTH she wants to talk to...
She has hidden in the tanning bed and won't come out. Mom calls back, she gets on the phone with me and my heart breaks - I've never heard her cry like this, and it's all my fault! All over an ornament that I thought was too cute. We tried to explain the it meant I loved Dad before I ever loved Dave, but she would not hear of it. To her it meant Bubba loved her 3rd best - because she is the 3rd girl.

I was feeling so guilty, that after 10 minutes I called back. Well, through Mom, I was told that she was never going to talk to me again. Seriously... Mom even put the phone to her hear and I'd talk and then there was silence...

I had to do something - it was at that point, I simply said "I will remember that when I am supposed to bring the Birthday presents next week." That is all it took - She was my best friend again - I am now committed to seeing her in the 4-H fashion show - in her purple and white polka dot dress she and Gran are making and then in the Livestock show where she will be showing Daisy the pig...

I must remember - It doesn't take much to please them, but it also doesn't take much to crush their feelings either. I love her and her brother with all my heart, and I will NEVER buy my Dad a present like that again!