‘Tis the season for gift giving, and The Takeaway asked you — our listeners — to tell us about the most meaningful present you ever received.
For a listener from Lubbock, Texas, the best gift he’s ever received was “a rock.” He continues, “My girlfriend was scuba diving and picked it up from the bottom of the ocean. It meant that, even when she was in another world, she was thinking of me.”
Maggie, a listener from Miami, called to tell us about a gift her parents gave her. “My parents had me believe that loans were my only way through university,” she explains, “so I worked as hard as I could for scholarships. They surprised me with an account on my high school graduation. Pre-paid scholarships helped me get through college without having to take out a single loan.”
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