Comments on: 7 Quick Takes Friday (vol. 39)

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7 Quick Takes #15 – — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:07:04 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:45:03 +0000

I have 6-year-old and 8-year old girls, and I like the suggestions of giving her a disposable camera and an "I Spy" book — both should cross any language and cultural barriers.

By: Rosita

Rosita — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:32:21 +0000

I was reading over the comments and I saw several people suggested some nice toiletries as a gift idea. I would strongly caution against that. I know my husband – he is from a developing country – would get really upset by people's assumption that there was no soap in his country, or by comments that people in ___ (fill in the name of a developing country) smell bad. I am not saying that is what people here are suggesting, but it could be taken as that.

By: Pam Elmore

Pam Elmore — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:04:16 +0000

Jennifer, thank you for your post on Rachelle's blog — and for the reference to that blog — very helpful!

I'm sorry you're getting comments that are "monitor-meltingly appalling"! I'm amazed at the rudeness people can exhibit from the anonymity of their computer. On the plus side, I guess it means you've touched a nerve… perhaps God is at work there.

By: celina from canada

celina from canada — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:18:22 +0000

as a gift idea…a small photo album….maybe a usa one..??? start it off with pics of the house and your family…and you can add to it,while they are with you…they can add post cards as well…a buck for the album,,…plus what 10c a print digitally? you can also add a personal note about how your are waiting anxiously for them…

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:39:15 +0000

teddy bear.

By: knit_tgz

knit_tgz — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:37:52 +0000

Hm, aren't scorpions arachnids (not insects?).

Signed,

the local geek

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:36:39 +0000

Congrats on the baptism. I would go with typical food for the chaperone and the scrapbook for the girl (and maybe a bracelet or something like that)

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:58:27 +0000

Congratulations on the baptism!

By: Lesley-Anne Evans

Lesley-Anne Evans — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:29:14 +0000

It's always fun to make something together and then send the finished product home with your guest… whether that be tie-dyed t-shirts, or a small scrapbook, or something in the food department, the memory will be in how you created it together rather than being about what you give. I'm sure you have all sorts of craft ideas from your kids…
Hope your first days together are very special, and that your child senses how you have longed for her to be with you.
Blessings,

Lesley-Anne