I have been dying for WEEKS now, because I can't keep a secret. My sweetie is an exceptionally difficult for which to buy. When I asked him, months ago, what he wanted for Christmas, he said he didn't know--if he wanted something he usually just went out and bought it.

But one day, *the* idea hit me. About five or six years ago, I'd bookmarked a site I'd discovered, because I hoped one day to do it myself. What I did for his present was this: I took a picture he'd sent me waaaaaaay back many months ago of his children. He's a very devoted father, spends as much time as possible with them. I sent the picture to an artist, and she did an 11x14 hand-drawn rendering from it in charcoal. I then had it professionally framed. It is *stunning.*

I'm hoping that, while he *is* a guy, and a geeky scientific guy at that, that it will be the kind of Christmas present he will always remember--especially every time he looks at it on the wall. I mean, after all, it *is* our first Christmas together.

<----has her fingers crossed.

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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author