I gave a bagette this year to a very special person to me. Her
name is Jaclyn. Jaclyn is my godfather's daughter. We grew up together
as "cousins". I have known her since the day she was born. In May of
2006 Jaclyn and I and the rest of our family felt the true meaning of
the word shock. I thought I knew what it felt to be shocked until the
afternoon of May 7, 2006. I happened to be with Jaclyn's sister when we
received the phone call that her dad, my godfather, died at the age of
56. I cannot even put into words how difficult the following months
were for Jaclyn and her sister Dawn who happened to be 5 months pregnant
when their dad passed away.
It was extremely hard for me to see them so upset. They were
quiet, kept to themselves, did not leave the house much, cried often, and
just were not themselves. These girls were practically like my sisters
and I couldn't help them. It's a horrible feeling.
However, one day over the summer, Jaclyn's boyfriend bought her a
pug dog which she named Jeter. I visited her the day after she got the
dog. She was laughing and smiling and energetic. It was so refreshing
to see "Jaclyn" again. Jeter helped her through an extremely difficult
time.
Then, on August 31, 2006 Jaclyn's niece, Mia Jaclyn was born. She
is Jaclyn's first niece. The never ending smiles returned to Jaclyn's
face. The constant sadness lifted a little and it was such a good
thing.
All of this leads me to Jaclyn's Christmas gift. I had Jaclyn
this year in a grabbag. I wanted to get her a memorable, meaningful gift.
I chose a bagette with a picture of Jeter on one side and Mia on the
other side. After a horrible year, I wanted to give her something that
would make her smile. I loved watching her open it. Her face lit up
and the bagette caused many, many smiles, and some tears. Thank you
bagettes.com for giving me the opportunity to give such a wonderful gift.
SB - North Riverside, IL
As the end of last year
drew near, I became anxious because of the approaching Christmas
season. Every year, my husband and I share the shopping responsibility. He
buys gifts for his side of the family, and I for mine. However, this
year was going to be different. He was going to buy for the males in the
family and I was going to buy for the females. I was 8 months pregnant
with our second child and was struggling to make it to the stores with
all of the hustle and bustle. So, I made the decision to do all of my
shopping on line. I had to keep to a budget of $25.00 per person,
because as soon as our baby was born, I would be on an unpaid maternity leave
for 8 weeks. So, the search began. I needed to find the perfect gift
for each person. Because of the price limit, the gift had to be personal
and meaningful (and look like I spent more than $25.00-ha ha ha). After
a few failed searches on the web, I came across this AMAZING
site-Bagettes.com. This was perfect! I had time to get together some favorite pictures, and away I went shopping. I ended up purchasing 4 small
cosmetic bags: one with a picture of my brother and sister-in-laws
pride and joy Weimaraner, one with a picture of my 2 year old nephew
dressed as a pirate, one with pictures of my neice and nephew (then and now
photos) and one with my 3 nephews for my other sister in law. Then I
bought 6 personalized name bags and filled them with little goodies. I
felt so relieved that my shopping was done. With spending less than
$200.00, I got 10 Christmas gifts done all at once. The most rewarding part,
was the true heartfelt thanks from each individual. To me, their
responses were PRICELESS. Thank you bagettes for a wonderful product that my
family and friends will truly use throughout the year. TR - Olmsted Falls, OH
Two days before Christmas my mother-in-law, Shirley, was
diagnosed with overian cancer. It was such heart-breaking news to
receive at this festive time of year. On Christmas day I gave my
sister-in-law, Shirley's daughter, a small cosmetic bag from Bagette's with a
picture of her two young children on each side of the bag. My 3 year old
nephew, Eric was pictured on one side of the bag sitting on an
alligator. His 10 month old baby sister in her pretty pink dress was on the
other side. All of us thought the bag with pictures was darling. Two
weeks later my mother-in-law went into the hospital for surgery . My
husband told me that Shirley liked the bag so much that her daughter let
her take the bag with her to the hospital. Shirley said it was for
good luck. Sometimes it's hard to know if the gift you're giving someone
is the right gift. I was so touched to find out what a wonderful
blessing the Bagette bag turned out to be for my mother-in-law. Thank's Bagettes for giving my family a bit of comfort and hope during a
diificult time. CK - West Chester, OH
