It’s 2:18am. I just parked my car in front of my house. It’s been a long yet fun night of dancing in SF. I turned off the engine and rush out of the cold towards my front gate.
“Happy Holidays. You got home safe!” a stranger yelled across the street. I looked in that direction in the dark and there she was, a mid 30′s African American women carrying toys in her arms.
“Thank you”, I replied to her, as a reflex. I turned back to unlock my gate when I realized that it was nice that a stranger said that, so I wanted capture this moment. I turned around again and continued, “That’s really sweet of you to say!”.
The young lady walked across the street towards me saying, “We’re sisters. No matter what age, what color. We’re all sisters.” and she was explaining to me that she has been carrying the bear in her arms for her sister, all the way from SF on the bus. She smiled at me and asked if she could share a poem with me. I agreed. A poem that she wrote titled “Black Girl”. It was about rising above hardships and not being a lost black girl, but a FOUND one.
She didn’t ask for anything…just to share that poem with me. And she recited it with conviction. I was moved. When she finished her poem, she wished me a “Happy Holidays” and said to me “I don’t know what this will mean to you, but it’s my Christmas gift to you.” She walked into the night, after I thanked her.
She has no idea, but THAT was the best christmas gift I received this year! This beautiful connecting moment with a stranger. Which really triggered fuzziness inside me and reminds me how we’re all connected as humans. THIS JUST HAPPENED TO ME 15 minutes ago, and I felt compelled to document and share this beautiful moment.
What’s your best Christmas gift? I would love to hear all about it.
my best gift has to be a video made by my two cousins and how they see me. i laughed so hard they thought I was going to get an asthma attack. ha!
actully, I’m a Muslim . But if I were a christian , I would say my christmas gift is having u as a friend in the USA . merry christmas to the world !
Best gift was seeing the huge smile on my fiance’s face on Christmas morning. This is her first Christmas away from her family in the Philippines. We have been very busy, her w/ work and me w/ work and finals that ended on the 23rd, can u believe that! She’s really into the holidays, but we haven’t had time to even get a tree. So when she was asleep, Santa dropped off everything from presents, hung stockings, and a beautiful decked out tree for our apartment. I don’t know how I would have done it without the help of Santa, I mean mom and dad, thanks. We had a great Christmas and would like to wish u a Happy New Year.
sometimes i give cash as Christmas gift if i can’t think of a great gift idea`”