By Diana Cosby
Gifts come in many shapes and sizes, but I believe the most precious ones are those delivered from the heart. It’s so easy to get caught up in the mayhem of life, particularly during the hustle and bustle of the Holidays, but every day, there are people amidst the chaos who help you, who take time out of their busy lives to make a difference in yours. This year, why not return that gift?
This holiday season, as wrapped gifts exchange hands, I ask you to pause, reflect on those who’ve truly made a difference in your life, and if possible, find a special way to say thank you. This can be a simple gesture—something like a greeting card, a bouquet of flowers, or a heartfelt poem. Maybe you could bake someone their 
favorite cookies? Or, present them a coupon book filled with everyday chores, which they can tear out and give you to do on those trying days when they really need a helping hand. The absolute best gift you can offer another person is one given from the heart. And when special-delivered, without any strings attached, it touches their own.
This Christmas, I’m making gift baskets filled with my favorite homemade things, such as macadamia-butterscotch chip cookies, shortbread, double chocolate-orange-pecan biscotti, Vermont maple syrup, orange-lemon-maple syrup marmalade and more. With each one, I’m sharing a part of myself with the other person.
What ideas can you think of? Remember—the more original and inventive, the more fun! 🙂 I can’t wait to hear your ideas!
My gift to you, one of my favorite recipes: Butterfinger Ice-cream Pie!
Snickers Ice-cream Pie
.Oreo pie shell
.½ gallon Snickers ice cream
.Cool whip
.Chocolate fudge ice cream topping
.Caramel ice cream topping
.One Snickers chocolate bar chopped up
Place 1 quart of softened Snickers Ice-cream cream into Oreo pie shell and smooth out flat. Place ½ inch or slightly more thick layer of cool whip. Drizzle on the chocolate fudge and caramel ice cream toppings. Sprinkle with chopped Snickers chocolate bar. Put plastic top on and freeze.
*I usually make this a couple of days in advance and leave it on a flat shelf in the freeze. This takes less than 5 minutes to make, and 1/2 gallon will make two pies. Enjoy!
I sincerely wish everyone health, friendship and happiness this holiday season, a time when the best gift of all is the gift of yourself—that one-of-kind present that can make a difference in the life of another.
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