Today I finished wrapping and shipping presents to Georgia and Virginia. It's been so much fun!
Since I've been reflecting on circles, it occurred to me that several of my gifts include circular things:
A round birthstone charm
Candles
Ginger cookies in a tin from World Market
A tin of homemade "icebox cookies" for the nurses
Round bags and pocket books
A round desk clock
A vintage compass
Red and white balloons, the colors of Texas Tech where Nathan will be going next year.
A scarf that encircles someone's neck on cold winter mornings.
Some are wrapped in a nice thick paper I found at the thrift shop, a sturdier paper than the rolls for sale at Hallmark. Gold circles and stars.
The ball in the point of a pen and cursive letters for making words on paper.
Universally, all over the world, from time immemorial, the circle is the friendliest of shapes. Children throw and catch balls everywhere. Hoola Hoops and jump ropes in motion are circles to get inside. Birthday cakes and candle flames, Christmas lights and ornaments, Pumpkins and paper chains and helium balloons; without circles, how square celebrations would be!
I read somewhere that babies know instinctively that circles are safe, no rough edges or sharp corners.
Luci curls herself into a tiny circle in her backseat bed, all her parts tucked in--while I keep my hands on the steering wheel and assume the air will keep the tires fully round. When we come home, we walk around the block, even though our blocks are shaped like a slices of pie and shoe boxes.
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