The right gift

At the age of 15, my father gave me a video camera. Having seen enough of the program «The director himself», I took the camera everywhere and everywhere in the city in the hope of catching some thread of the moment and becoming a participant in the TV show. The warm summer rain had just passed, I grabbed my camera and flew outside. He sat down on a bench and began to expect a miracle). And here it is «miracle» appeared as our new neighbors. A young couple with a child was returning home. Suddenly a little girl broke away from her parents and ran forward. Seeing a large puddle in front of her, the girl in sandals went into it and just sat down. Well, now someone will get on his little ass, I thought and continued to shoot. Suddenly, the girl’s father put his diplomat aside and, in his strict suit, sat next to the girl in a puddle and began to play with her. Mom started laughing out loud. My jaw just dropped from what I saw. I have already imagined how I receive a gift from Lysenkov for TV shows)). After playing a little more, dad picked up the girl in his arms, hugged and kissed her and his wife. I stopped the recording and ran home.
But for some reason, I never managed to send the cassette for transmission and it lay in my box, the existence of which I forgot.
Years passed. Lisa, the girl from the tape grew up before my eyes. Every time I went outside to smoke, I saw her playing in the sand, I was returning from school and in some
moment already an adult girl.
And one day, returning from work, I saw a poster on the entrance wall «Tili-tili dough. The bride lives here.» I learned from neighbors that Lisa is getting married. Oh my God, how fast time flies, I thought, only yesterday I filmed her and today she is already 19 and she is getting married!
I rushed to the mezzanine where a box of cassettes was kept. There were about 20 cassettes. I started revisiting each one. And I found a 5-minute fragment of a family idyll. Digitizing was not difficult. Recorded on CD. Bought a box and ribbon. On a piece of paper he wrote «The best gift from 83 sq. :)», beautifully packaged and carried. The mother of the groom met me, thanked me, offered to come in, I refused. About a week later there is suddenly a persistent knock on the door. I open. Liza stands with her father. She cries and reaches out to hug me. Invited to myself.
As a result, I found out that her mother died when she was still young. Just one day my mother became ill. Doctors failed to save. Something with a heart.
Lisa did not remember her mother well.
And when the gifts were unpacked, I decided with my husband to see what was on the disk. She burst into tears when she saw her mother, called her father, and there they already rushed to my house.
Leaving, she once again hugged tightly and said that this was the best gift ever given to her.
So much time the cassette lay. And it was worth it to make someone happy one good day.
Give the right gifts!