Today Will and I went to church to help serve lunch to 21 adults with special needs. Our Sunday School class invites this group to come and join us for a special lunch, each year at Christmas. It is a true blessing to serve them a delicious meal and just enjoy getting to know them. After lunch, Santa made an appearance and as he entered the room, several of the ladies from our class asked me if Will would be upset not getting a gift from Santa. Well, I said "No, he'll be fine", after all I had explained the party to him and believed that I had prepared him well! I was right, he did great, he even helped a few of the party attendees open their gifts and explore them.
About an hour later, we dropped a few items off at my office. I asked Will to tell a few of my co-workers about the party we had helped with(I was a very proud mommy, as Will had really worked hard helping make everything special). I then asked him to tell them who had come to see everyone at the party and he responded, rather sadly "Santa came, but he didn't bring me a present!" Talk about a guilt trip!!!!!! I felt terrible, especially since Will had really been a great helper all day! I guess it was a bit much for a four year to sit through a room full of people getting gifts and not get one too. Hopefully Will believed me when I quickly said, "oh but Santa will bring your presents in 2 weeks!" Chalk this one up - always have a gift on hand when Santa is around!!!
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