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I didn\u2019t have any money, of course. I couldn\u2019t buy any of the nice things that I wished I could, but I wanted to give them a taste of what it felt like for me to open a present from them. After all, didn\u2019t the Bible say it was <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/more-blessed-to-give-than-to-receive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">better to give than receive<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>One day, I came up with a plan. I snuck into Tanya\u2019s closet and grabbed her favorite leather boots. When Mom wasn\u2019t looking, I took a brandnew box of light bulbs out of the kitchen closet. 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