Secret Santa

I needed to go shopping for presents for my children and grandchildren, so the day I arranged to do that I got Clarence his gifts also.

I started by getting his pickles and video poker game, from there I grabbed some small, fun, inexpensive gifts.

• A package of silly straws, so he could enjoy meal times a bit more.
• A pencil sharpener in the shape of a globe. He loved to write.
• A squirt gun, so he could shoot people, getting his anger out without being verbally abusive to others.
• Sugarless candy, a treat that would not effect his blood sugar.
• Etc...

I wrapped them in the brightest colored Christmas paper I could find and 12 days before Christmas I began delivering them. I'd wait for his daily shower, then as soon as he left I'd sneak into his room and deposit one present at a time under his tree.

He'd come to the dinner table very excited. He'd just go on and on about each and every present! He was a totally different person than the angry, bitter man I had met six months earlier. Most of the things I got were nothing special, but to Clarence they were the world and he became happier daily. He told me, "All this makes me forget my problems and pain a bit. It brings back good memories and makes me feel like a child again!"

Thank you God for allowing me to see this wonderful transformation!

Who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Philippians 3:21


I am blessed
Merrym Dawn Mathis Bruce