My 12th Birthday

I do not remember my 12th birthday too well. However, I do remember the following sequence of events. I wake up in the morning and there is some kind of present near my bed side. I honestly do not remember what the present was. However, I do remember enjoying the delight of being surprised and what a genuine good feeling it was. Years later I use this tactic of surprise birthday presents and presents with my wife and family. Naturally, they enjoy the surprise as well. Having said that, it is worth recognizing the master of surprises and gifting; my mother. It gave her a great joy to surprise her children. She could not wait to see the look of surprise on her children's face. In the end, it made such an impression on me that till this day I also get a great joy when I see the look of delight on someone's face. For example, for one of my wife's birthday I snuck an iMac computer in to the house. Needless to say she was quite surprised. So... with that I close by saying thank you mom for inspiring the best in all of us.