It’s funny how our perspective changes over time.  As young children when presented with beautifully wrapped gifts at Christmas or on birthdays, our tendency is to reach for the biggest box with the biggest bow.   We can’t wait until that box is in our hands because surely if the box is that big, the gift will be equally as wonderful! But the older we get, the more our eyes shift.  From the biggest box…to the smallest.  We start to understand the old adage that good things come in small packages and often carry with them value that supersedes the value of the larger items around them. I found this to be true this past Christmas as I opened a very small box from my daughter.  In it was a silver necklace engraved with words that are dear to my heart.  Alongside the necklace was a small handwritten note from her heart to mine.  Two small items held in a very small box.  Their value was not dependent on their size.  Both …