What would you gift? - Contest for the month of August

Hi usha,

That was a nice bday gift to your father. can really visualise your father's happiness...

Congratulations Meeta...!

This was a contest generating so much of interest. Kudos to Satya for coming up with this idea...

Usha, what a splendid gift..!

-Gayathri.

Congrats Meeta!!

Looking forward to reading your entry!! That mght give me some ideas for my parents approaching 50th wedding anniversary...

Usha: Lovely way to celebrate your dad's b'day! Your dad would have been so happy and proud of all of you....

Originally Posted by Ushakrishnan64

Dear IL,
I am very happy to see your request to post my entry in IL and to share my real life experience will all of you.

Thank you judges for shortlisting my entry.

Regards
USHA


Gift for my father's 80th Birthday
<hr style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="1">Your topic took me back in life by 5 years. Yes, it was my father 80th birthday. My two brothers and me were racking our brains on the gift for our dear father.
My father is a very quite, unassuming personality. I have not seen him making any demands, though his life has been full of sacrifices. I decided to make him feel Super-special on this special birthday.
I live in Dubai with my husband and family, while my father lives in Bangalore with my elder brother. We decided to make a trip to India, just for his birthday. I also made sure that my aunt (father's sister) flew down from USA. Yes, our surprise visit was his birthday gift.
On the eve of his birthday, we landed up in the house one by one. It was a sight to see his face beaming with joy.
I had contacted my brother to arrange the religious functions for the birthday. My father was still raving about our surprise trip, not knowing what is in store for him for the evening. I had requested all his seven grandchildren to organise a program called GRAND 7, dedicated to their special grandfather. It was a cultural evening of Tabla, Classical/ Folk Dance & Carnatic music by each of his grandchildren. Now you could see the smile on his lips with tears rolling down his cheeks on seeing the splendid performance. He felt even more elated when the guest appreciated the thought and the performance of the Grand 7. The day ended with a nice dinner from caterers.
My father till to-day remarks: There is no better gift for my birthday than celebrating with my children.
Thank you Malathy, for give me an opportunity to share this special moment with IL.

Dear Meeta,
Congratulations.
regards,
meenu

Hi all.I am glad my message got shortlisted....feels like a winner....

Here, I share my thoughts with u all....

WHAT WOULD U GIFT?
<HR style="COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=1>Hi..This is the first time I am trying my hand in a writing contest..well,I have a few thoughts I would like to share.Pls make corrections.
WHAT WOULD U GIFT UR 80 YEAR OLD FATHER?

I think what old parrents need cannot b bought from stores.They just need LOVE N ATTENTION of their family.
Time spent together is BETTER than the GIFT itself.

Whenever I can, I will try to spend a few days with him.And will ask my other siblings to visit him on those days.We will fix him his favourite light meals n freeze them. so whenever he feels he can enjoy them by heating them in the microwave.

We will collect his favourite family snaps in an album
and gift it to him,so that he can cherish them when v r faraway from him.And if vision is still in good condition,yearly subscribtion of a good reading material won't b a bad idea.

Gift him with prepaid phone cards,so he can call his family n friends whenever he likes without worrying about the cost.
Will try to arrange for fruits n flowers for a whole year on monthly basis.
Will arrange for a car n a driver so that he can enjoy a ride when he feels like.
As I live here in Gulf I always try to keep in touch with telephone calls n try to send kids snaps so that he too can feel a part while they r growing..

hi usha n moonbeams !

great gifts frends ........... congrads !!!!!!!!!

regards
santasekar

Moonbeams
Congrats........

Usha
Congrats..........

hello meeta

busy gifting pappa eh?

lovely ideas from so many people
all loving and dutiful daughters or
grand daughters...

usha and grand 7 wow...!
moon beams you sure moon beam..!
congrats...!


sathya

Hi everyone,
I am elated to know that my entry was shortlisted and am very happy for meeta for winning this contest. This is the first time am writing for a contest and it gives me a moral boost to be among the 7 shortlisted entries.

Am a daughter living away from parents and miss being there for them and that's why thought that there can be nothing more precious than our time with each other. As requested am posting my entry here and also eagerly waiting to read Meeta's.

The entry for the contest was........
I think gifting your time to your father is the most precious of all gifts. I would like to pledge my time to him and assure him that I would be there for him at all times. Knowing that, would give him immense security as at that age many parents are insecure. It is also my way of giving back to my loving father for all the times he has been there for me in my growing up years. I believe material things are of least importance at that age and they would cherish every moment they spend with their children and grand children and the feeling of being loved is all that they look forward to.
regards
Jyothi