DailyPrompt—1852

That’s a beautiful question.

The greatest gifts I have ever received are my children.

Nothing wrapped in paper, tied with ribbon, or placed under a tree can compare to the moment you first hold your child and realize your heart now lives outside your body.

I’ve never measured gifts by their price tag. I measure them by intention.

Some of the best gifts I’ve ever received were:

• A crumpled drawing with stick figures and a crooked sun.

• A handmade card filled with misspelled love.

• A small stone picked up from the road because “it looked like you, Mum.”

• Wildflowers gathered in tiny hands.

Those are treasures.

Because they weren’t bought. They were chosen.

Chosen with love. Chosen with thought. Chosen with a child’s pure heart.

That’s what makes something priceless.

It’s never the cost. It’s the meaning.

And the best gifts I’ve ever received still call me “Mum.”

— Maggie
The Afterlove Voice 💫