| As a busy working woman, and mother I am | | | | just for Boy Scouts! |
| here to tell you that the most cherished gift you | | | | I'll never forget the time I was on a school field |
| can give your mother or wife for Mother's Day is | | | | trip with the children's science class when the |
| a nice Pocket Knife! Now, this article might be a | | | | science teacher ended up with a splinter. My |
| hint to my family since I just lost my Pink | | | | pocketknife was the only thing that was handy to |
| Edelweiss Classic pocketknife, or it could be a | | | | help pry that splinter out of the whining science |
| valuable piece of gift-giving advice. Listen to my | | | | teacher's thumb. Who wants to be on a trip with |
| story and decide for yourself! | | | | a grouchy science teacher? The kids and other |
| My trusty Edelweiss Classic knife served me well | | | | parents were very happy that my little knife was |
| for years of living out of the car on my many | | | | able to save the day! |
| errands. It was there when I needed to cut the | | | | I believe my little pocketknife and I parted |
| plastic cord between a pair of brand new tennis | | | | company the day I was trying to carry too many |
| shoes so I wouldn't have to trudge through the | | | | shopping bags and spilled my purse. It was a sad |
| muddy soccer fields to my daughter's game in | | | | day indeed for me, a happy one for the person |
| my expensive work shoes. It was also there to | | | | who found it lying there ready for the next |
| cut through all the plastic packaging on CDs my | | | | adventure. |
| son needed to listen to immediately after | | | | So, now I'm shopping for a new pocketknife and |
| purchase. I'm not sure, but I think these CD's will | | | | secretly hoping that my significant other or |
| blow up or some other horrible disaster will | | | | beautiful children will want to present me with one |
| happen if you have to wait to listen to them until | | | | for Mother's Day. Either another sturdy Edelweiss |
| you get home. | | | | Classic, or maybe they'll splurge for the Stockman |
| My knife has been my best friend by being there | | | | Pink Ice by Hen and Rooster. Something with a lot |
| when I had to cut the just noticed loose threads | | | | of class that works hard, just like me! |
| on my coat before going into a job interview. I | | | | If my story has led you to see the value of |
| believe it even helped me get my first raise at | | | | giving the gift of a pocketknife, you will be |
| that job by being handy when I needed to | | | | surprised to find out how many different styles |
| remove staples during an important board | | | | and sizes they come in. At any price range and |
| meeting when the staple remover had | | | | taste, a pocketknife is one gift that will keep on |
| mysteriously vanished. Always be prepared is not | | | | giving! |