When I Grow Up

When I was a little girl, I wanted to grow up and wrap presents.



Those big, fancy department stores always had gift wrap counters and I loved to stand there and watch those beautiful ladies and their jewelry-clad fingers wrap presents.


When I grow up I want to have long, slender fingers covered in sparkly jewelry. I will wrap the most beautiful gifts and people will love them so much, they won't even want to unwrap them.

I loved how they had those fancy scotch tape stands that never moved. They could rip a piece of tape off with one dainty hand.

They always made sure the designs matched up flawlessly on the seams.

I would watch as people chose the card to top their package and dictate the message. The sparkly ladies always had beautiful penmanship.

Yes, I was going to be a sparkly gift-wrap lady one day and all my packages would be envelope-edged, curly ribboned boxes of beauty, complete with a beautifully penned message tucked neatly under the bow.

...And these packages would be truly beautiful...