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Mary Ellen Barrett
Mary Ellen Barrett is a home-educating mother of seven children. Her column, "Life in Our Domestic Church," is regularly featured in "The Long Island Catholic." For more of her writing, visit MaryEllenBarrett.com.
Have you ever had the experience of giving a gift and knowing the recipient hated it — either by the look on the person’s face when he or she opened it or its disregard later? I have, and it’s not a good feeling. I have also been on the…