Based on a dream
There were two brothers who had great respect for each other
They were issued a challenge by a church elder, to give a special gift to each other, for no real reason
The gift had to be personal and as unique as they could lame it, as it had to be handcrafted
They both were eager in accepting the challenge and set to the task of think what this gift could be and then creating it
Several days pasted and they shut themselves away from each other, which was unusual and very odd for they normally spent much time together
As they enjoyed each other’s company, but the production of this challenge kept them apart
Their house was unusually quiet while they each struggled with what the gift
Until on the same day after much effort, they both had their gift ready to give
The brothers meet in the living room with the gift in their hands, exchanging them both
They proceeded to unwrap their own gift, while the other did the same, so intense was their attention, they hardly looked up to see what the other thought of their gift
Soon both gifts were unwrapped, both brothers sighed as they each saw the gift looked the same
Each held a plain covered book in their hands, upon opening them, signs of delight and relief spread over their faces
The on gift was full of old photographic memories long forgotten, while the other gift was full of hand written boyhood memories
“Strange how we both thought to make a book” said the one brother
“Yes” said the other brother, but I’m glad we filled them differently, do you like my gift to you he asked?
“Oh! Yes”, it was a wonderful idea to sort out all these old photographs, I had quite forgotten all about, thank you for your gift
“Thank you for this wonderfully written book, I shall treasure it and read it often
“As wonderful as both of these gifts are” said one brother, I missed your company so much while we were busy. Never let us ever do this again, he paused, as the best gift is always being together”
“I agree” said the other brother, and they hugged each other and laughed at their slight foolishness, thinking a made gift was more important than time spent together