The Perfect Christmas Gift

This year I got the one of the best Christmas presents ever. I had only asked for one thing this Christmas. I really wasn't expecting it since it was a very expensive piece of jewelry. I have a love for cross necklaces, and the only thing I had asked for was a Trinity Cross necklace. I saw one in a local jewelry store and I fell in love with it. Being a single mom, buying such an elaborate piece of jewelry was out of the question.

I have always had a cross necklace, and my most recent necklace broke two weeks before Christmas. This was a borrowed necklace as well. I borrowed it from my mother until I could find a new one of my own.

I had mentioned to my sister back in October that I had seen a Trinity Cross necklace I really liked at a local jewelry store. I asked if she would help me find a similar piece of jewelry on EBay. I knew she had purchased jewelry online before, and she was more experienced than I was about finding the perfect piece. She agreed to help so we started looking.

It appeared that I was not going to get my necklace. We searched and searched to find the necklace. When she found the one like I wanted, it was either too expensive, or not the right color gold. Mostly they were all way too expensive. I was looking for a six hundred dollar necklace with a sixty dollar budget.

After finding my way to a church that I am comfortable with this year, this necklace really meant a lot to me. I want everyone to know that God is important in my life. I know that God could care less whether or not I have a Trinity Cross necklace or not, as long as I live by his words. I am not generally of lover of fancy jewelry; there was just something about this necklace that I truly wanted.

Christmas Eve I headed off to visit my sister. I had picked up a special present that reminded me of her. She is a mother of two and always has a child in her arms. I found a hand carved angel carrying a child and I knew it was meant for her. I wanted her to have it before the hustle and bustle of the holiday with the children.