<$Monday, February 4, 2008$>
Give the ability to keep in touch.
| Pre-paid phone cards are big business these days. When I was in college--the first time, in the early '90s--they were still pretty new, and I was grateful for them. My poor college student status, combined with my lack of money management skills, meant that there were plenty of times when I didn't have phone service. These cards, whether received as a gift from my parents or bought on my own, often felt like my lifeline. I was feeling pretty down during that time of my life; I think it's safe to say I was depressed. I remember a lot of evenings spent on the pay phone outside the 7-11 near my apartment, talking to my best friend who was half the state away. Those talks saved my sanity, and I wouldn't have been able to make them without pre-paid phone cards. If you've got someone far away on your gift list, whether they're a college student, your parents, or a long-distance significant other, ESPECIALLY if it's someone who you know might be going through something that they need to be able to talk about, a phone card would make a great gift--for Valentine's Day or any other occasion. I know how grateful I was to receive such a gift back in those miserable, post-adolescent college days. Labels: disclosure, gift ideas |
