By Jane Thornton 

I laid the wide square of gift wrap in the middle of my bedroom floor, first mistake.  I was probably already frazzled, but I don’t remember why.  I may have left this task until the last minute.  I may have been out of pretty paper and settling for the biggest scrap in my closet.  The gift was bulky and unwieldy, and I may have been self-conscious about my lack of creating beautiful-package skills.  Some other problem may have weighed heavy on my mind.