Possibly the Nicest Gift Ever

Friday night was our Chub Club Christmas party. We all wore our jammies, we had a pot luck dinner, a visit from Santa, and a secret Santa gift exchange.

My secret Santa was Renee, my room mate (flat mate, house mate...whatever you prefer). She gave me a Starbucks gift card and some lip gloss, both practical and awesome! But the creme de la creme, she gave me her old Cabbage Patch Kid (Jessica), dressed in a Biggest Loser T-Shirt with Harvey and the #1 on the back, yoga pants, and a black head band (like I wear to yoga, the gym, etc).

When I opened the box and saw the Cabbage Patch Kid, my eyes instantly welled up with tears.


Now you may say, "Jenn, you're 33 years old. What's the deal with the Cabbage Patch Kid?" A few years ago, my parents had a house fire and the contents of the basement were pretty much all lost. Included in those things were my Carebear, my Cabbage Patch Kid and Cabbage Patch Kid Preemie.


I remember vividly the day that I got my Cabbage Patch Kid (Tiffany Amber). My Mum hadn't been able to get her hands on them at Christmas time, so when they were in at Consumers Distributing she picked them up. That day I went straight from school to Becky Johnson's birthday party (where her brother was pretending to be Michael Jackson). From that party I went home briefly before heading to Sarah Bryme's birthday party (which was a sleep over and we watched Indian Jones). The important part is the stop at home in the middle. I went up to my bedroom and there was Tiffany Amber, on my bed waiting. My Cabbage Patch Kid. Finally. So although I try very hard to not be too pack ratty, my Cabbage Patch Kid was one of those things I had held onto. And although far more important things were lost in the fire (poor sweet Dottie), it was just that part of my childhood that was gone too.


So that Renee gave me her Cabbage Patch Kid touched me. The other thing about it was that she had dressed it like me. And made a Biggest Loser T-shirt for it (apparently finding the clothes to fit it was quite difficult). Renee has been so supportive in my weight loss "journey" (I hate that expression) and that T-shirt when I saw it, it just brought everything I have done into perspective. 69lbs to date. That's awesome.


And that is why it was possibly the nicest gift ever.