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Date Posted: 21:57:41 12/21/02 Sat
Author: Sarah
Subject: The Gift

this is a short story that I just wrote. It took me about 15 minutes to write it. Simply, yet sweet. Enjoy!

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As she was looking out her window at the kids building a snowman across the street, her cat rubbed up against her legs. She picked the cat up, rubbed its head then put it back down. The cat let out a whimper.

�I know Felix, I miss daddy too.� Her husband was in the army. They had only been married for 8 months and this was supposed to be their first Christmas together as a married couple. About five months ago, he was sent overseas and she didn�t think he would be able to come home for Christmas.

She had sent him gifts and he has written but it wasn�t the same. She wanted him, needed him, to be there. The one gift she wanted him to have couldn�t be mailed.

The three months they spent after they were married were filled with many kisses and tears. She remembers seeing him off to the airport never knowing if she would see him again.

As he looked out of him window as the plane landed, he thought about what a great Christmas it will be after all. He was going to surprise her. She thought he wasn�t going to make it home in time.

He loved her. Every time he sees her picture, his heart almost skips a beat as he is reminded of how much he misses her and loves her. He couldn�t wait to get home. He hailed

It was Christmas Eve and she was having a party. Everyone was over, all her friends and family, everyone except him.

Suddenly everyone fell silent. She came out from the kitchen and saw him standing in foyer. She gasped.

When he sees her he can�t believe his eyes. Everyone is talking, trying to get his attention, but all he can see is her. He started at her eyes and worked his way down her body and that�s when he noticed. She was carrying his child. She was just starting to show. Now he knew her meaning when she wrote in one of her letters that the best present had for him couldn�t be delivered.

He walked up to her and kissed her passionately, deeply. When he broke the kiss, he mouthed, �I love you.�

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actually...... -- Sarah, 12:32:56 12/22/02 Sun