Your Dad loved to give gifts to the people he loved. He really spent time trying to find something that I think he both wanted to give and also receive. This made it a tall order especially when one is dealing with limited funds as he often was. I'm not sure that I remember many gifts he gave me, like I mentioned before he loved to give stuffed animals, I didn't much like to receive them. When I turned 18, he did get me a really fun gift that wasn't practical or what I thought I wanted but to this day, I still love. He picked up this Rocket gumball machine at an antique store for probably $150 and I noticed one on ebay that sold for over $600 so that's pretty good increase in value but I still don't want to let go of it, it doesn't take up that much space. It's a good memory.
Your Dad took a lot of time to really think about what would make the recipient happy, it was often unique things that were unexpected. Not to white wash this all too but there were plenty of times where he forgot, didn't make the effort or just plain didn't get a gift for me to acknowledge something(my birthday, valentine's day, mothers day), money was tight but I didn't need much. I would have been happy with a gift of service or thoughtfully homemade but he really like to give gifts. I do remember one of the last gifts he gave me. It was one of those clam shells (see below) that you open to reveal the pearl and depending on the color of the pearl, it could be nice or really nice. I think that sticks out in my mind because I had somehow discovered that I was not the only woman he gave that to that year.
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