What is the most treasured gift you've received from your children?

Their love and respect. If you’re thinking material things, it was their handmade birthday cards to me.
I’m a mother

I’m a mother, a grandmother, made my share of mistakes like all of us have, and had the usual feelings of guilt like most moms feel at different times. In 1992 I had brain surgery. My youngest, in his 20s, wrote me a letter before I headed in for surgery about how much he loved me and how I helped give him the strength to carry on. It made me feel so good, that I wonder if his letter gave me the strength to heal. It really touched my heart, and still does when I think of it.

Everytime she tells me she loves me it melts my heart and I feel like the luckiest mother in the world

The hugs and kisses I get from them everyday. Their acknowledgement of me as their loving father can easily become overlooked because it happens everyday, but when I really think about it, those are the most treasured gifts, because they don’t have a dollar value to them.

Just their love. Honestly, there is nothing more wonderful than one of my kids spontaneously giving me a hug. Sometimes, and especially if she knows I am having a big week, my daughter arrives with a bunch of flowers. It isn’t the flowers that touch me, it is the fact that she noticed I might need cheering up.

It’s a big, black bathrobe with a Batman symbol on the back.
It’s heavy enough to keep warm during those oh so cold days.

Their love and attention as they grow older. It’s a validation that what I tell them is the truth. : ))

Yesterday, I was 68. My daughter gave the best birthday gift on Facebook, that a father could possible ever have.

She made a tribute to her dad with the song Leader Of The Band.

Did I shed a tear…..........yes.

Others have already said so all I can do is echo – their love.

Their love and kisses. I LOVE kisses from my little girls.

The boys have become young men. I’m grateful for any attention they can give me.

I’m a mother, and considering that my daughter is only 2, the most treasured gift she has given me is unconditional love; and the time that my grandmother called her “mawmaw’s baby” and my daughter replied “no, mama’s baby” (my grandmother is very critical of my mothering abilities).

I received a letter from my youngest when she was in Army boot camp. She told me that she was glad that I was strict enough to teach her self control and that she appreciated that I was kind and patient with her. I tear up every time I read it.