Grandpa,
Eight months ago I gave a check to my daughter as a gift. She never cashed it. After six months I figured she never would so I wrote it off. This week I got my bank statement and that check had cleared. It left me short for checks that are yet outstanding. I had to scramble to move money from my savings to my checking to cover that or I would have bounced other checks. When I asked her why she waited so long to cash my check she told me she had forgotten she had it. She could have at least called and told me that she just found it and asked if it was okay to negotiate it. I am not asking for advice because it is resolved. But she was very wrong to wait so long to cash a check. What do you think?
Grandpa says: So, you aren’t asking for advice? Does that mean you are asking for validation for your grudge? You ask what I think. I think you are lucky that you were able to cover the shortage. I think you need to look at it from more than one side. I think you were generous to give your daughter that gift. I think that generous spirit that prompted you to write the check should prevail over your current feelings about her waiting to cash the check. I think you and your daughter should put this behind you. And, now, after all that thinking, my brain itches.
Grandpa,
I have never owned a big screen television set. I have never wanted a big screen set. My son-in-law and daughter gave me one as an early Christmas gift so I could watch all the Christmas specials on TV. I am not interested in watching that tripe. It is too hard to see the entire screen of a big TV. I know. I have been at my daughter’s house. It hurts my neck to lean back to see TV. So I never took this monstrosity out of the box. I couldn’t if I wanted to. It is too big. The garbage people say they can’t take a TV set. I want to give it to a charity that could use it. Who would you recommend? They would have to come pick it up because I can’t deliver it.
Grandpa says: You are a very kind person! There are so many worthy causes in that could put it as a prize in one of their fund-raising raffles. Grandpa has a few favorites. I hesitate to put the names in print because I do not care to slight anyone unintentionally. A member of my staff has put together a list of worthy organizations along with the contact phone numbers. The staff member sent to you this list. Thank you for your generous offer. And let your daughter and son-in-law know to which organization you donated their kind gift. It will warm their hearts to know that through you they have helped the needy. God Bless.
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