My second year doing secret santa was a second wonderful experience. I am once again overwhelmed with the thoughtfulness of the gift as well as the incredible ability of my santa to have the ability to touch my heart.

Being a older man I am very far past the days of the excitement of wanting presents, I am even past the days of giving gifts to my young children and watching the excitement of Christmas morning. Now I am in a place of trying to minimize my possessions and constantly trying to downsize my pile of stuff. So when Christmas rolls around I usually only ever ask for coffee or chocolate ... things I love that I use rather than things I keep.

So I was delighted when my santa sent me a rare bag of coffee from a coffee place I had never heard of to try. I love having new experiences and trying new things, so besides my love of coffee, its a new experience.... perfection!

She also sent me a collection of framed photographs from a local photographer near her hometown and a note describing the people and the scenery. And once again, this is literally a perfect gift for me, because the one physical object that I do add to my pile, is artwork or photography with some personal attachment. I have a ever growing gallery in my house of artwork and photos, but... none of that work is by a famous person. Every piece up there was created by a friend or has some kind of personal story. I love to point to a piece and say "My good friend painted that". So the photos she gave me will be added to my wall with the story of my wonderful Secret Santa and the christmas of 2017

Thank you Santa, from the bottom of my heart, I am truly blessed. May this year bring you all the goodness and happiness to fill your heart.