Posted By Gisela B-H* on February 22, 2009
About a week ago, we went to Oklahoma for my husband’s oldest daughter’s brithday. She turned 18. We went out to dinner and then everyone came back to the hotel in order for us to give the birthday girl her gifts. We gave her a lottery ticket, scratch off tickets, a book titled “Rebelution, A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations”, a beautiful little soapstone box, a genuine amethyst and gold ring, money and bonds, a Susie Orman book titled “Women and Money”, a wonderful leather bound Holy Bible, and some dry highlighters. Each gift from us had a meaning.
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Before I continue I need to say that your father and his family does love you deeply. We hope that your new age will brings more of you into our lives. We hope to hear from you more and that you will be apart of our lives more. We are not people that force or push relationships, so the ball is in your court. It definitely happens that people can go though a relationship and not know that we have hurt or offended the one we care for. We feel that you are mad, hurt, or angry at your dad and his family for reasons we are just not aware of because you do not call, seldom return emails, reluctant to come visit , and do not really engage in conversion with us, all which has hurt us over the years. We pray and hope that God will help us both take the little steps to loving relationship so that we spend the rest of our lives in peace and not in dread of each other. We do love you. Please be apart of our lives.
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The gifts:
Lottery and scratch off tickets - now that she is legally an adult she can now partake in wasting money on such things as lottos and scratch off tickets. She did not win anything and so we hope she learned what a waste that they are. Only play for fun.
Rebelution, A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations - a highly talked about and awarded book written by two twin brothers, age 20 now, that makes the argument that teenager can do more than what society has placed on them. Her father and I hope that she reads it. We don’t think that she will, but we hope. The birthday girl is a very intelligent young woman and the world needs her mind and knowledge to make a difference. Be a part of something bigger than yourself, you can start with the book and this website http://therebelution.com/
Soapstone box - no meaning on this gift. We thought is pretty and we wanted to get it for her. It just a little material something something.
Amethyst Ring - Now that she is 18 years old it now her responsibility to build her estate. An estate is what society places value on, unfortunately. As her estate grows so will her wealth. Like the old manors and castles of England and in the US, these estates are large due to the fact the the family valuables, antiques, and treasures were passed down to their children and so on. You can not have a wealthy estate if you do not hold on to your valuables. We hope that this real and natural amethyst ring will start, if not already joined the “family jewels” collections which will grow her wealth.
Money and Bonds - We closed her savings account that we had all these years, gave her the saving bonds that her great-grandmother bought these last 18 years, and she received birthday money from her Grandma Pat, Great Uncle Warren, and the Schmidts. If she reads the following book and comes to understand that is not always wise to spend your money but save and invest it. Make it grow. The monies and bonds that she received is a very nice sum to start her off to financial freedom.
Women and Money - this book, if read, should give this new legal adult a great foundation to being financially free. We can not stress enough that managing your money, keeping a budget, and maintaining good credit is essential to not having to worry about money in the future. Shopping sprees and wastefully spending your money only keeps you away from wealth. We know this book will help her build the foundation for her future to not having to worry about money. It is all in her power, no one else, to have the money to do what she needs as the years pass and take her farther down the road.
Holy Bible - Far more important than family and friends. Far more important than jewels. Far more important than money. Far more important than material things and fun. The relationship that she has with God is by far the most important thing! If the world ends, people misjudge and hurt you, or judegment time comes, we would love you to be right with God. It will be a sad reunion if we do not get to see you after this life on Earth ends.
Pictures are coming!
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