Originally Posted by Diana79

As I got older, I envied all those who got a gift for Christmas. Days before, my mother would hand me socks to wrap, also underwear to wrap...(you get the idea) and then hand me little gift tags, on which I was to write my name (to...) and then from Mother..(she didn't want to be called Mommy, or anything like that..) and when Christmas came, I would open my 'presents' of socks, underwear,etc.. and would make believe I didn't know, and liked them.... I never did that to MY children... I was an only child, my father couldn't take it anymore, so left when I was 14... I had 6 children... some memories still hurt.