The Greatest Gift I Have Ever Received

Wow, its not even my birthday...not Christmas....not Valentines Day, Easter, Fathers Day or any other federally designated holiday.  It isnt even the fake made up ones by card companies (Love Day) or anything.  It is a random Saturday in January.  Weird day to get the best gift i ever received.

I dont want to go into the history of everything, but basically i have always had to buy my own gifts.....birthdays, christmas, etc...significant others have never gone to the trouble really...in 35 years, i got a guitar strap.  Thats it.  Every other time it was "go pick it up yourself.....My daughter gets me things that are heartfelt, and they mean the world to me, but no one has ever given me a gift on random day...

Today i was listening to someone very special tell me about an event she was coming home from.. and how while it was fun, it wasnt great.  We talked about her escape and while she was telling me a story about how her friend used to say "Dont waste the pretty" she said something....and she kept talking, and like the smooth guy i am, i interrupted and stammered....did you say what I think you said?  She said yes....again ever the don juan oozing with cool, i asked...really?  And she said yes.

She said one of the nicest things i have ever heard...that if I had been there...it wouldnt have been wasted.  Like the Grinch my heart grew three sizes that day.  I have never been told anything that wonderful in my life.....maybe it seems small maybe not, i dont care.  It warmed me to the core, sent shivers, goosebumps...the whole nine...

So, Ill tell you what ,the next time it happens as you said, you wear the dress....i suit up and rock my fedora, and the pretty wont be wasted, and it will be noticed, appreciated, and make my heart grow two more sizes....i may need a bigger chest at this rate...but im willing to risk it.