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Re-Gifting
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Sharing the spirit of a blessing with others
By Rebekah Sanderlin
he holidays are over. It���s no long-
er the ���season for giving��� ��� now
���tis the seaon for re-gifting.
While there���s technically
nothing wrong with passing a gift that
we don���t want or need on to someone
else, most people try to do it secretly so
that the original giver won���t find out.
Now imagine that original giver is Oprah Winfrey and you received the gift
on national television.
In the November/December issue of
CityView I wrote about how blessed I was
to be one of 30 very lucky military spouses selected to receive Oprah���s Favorite Things on a tel-
evision special that aired November 18. To be honest,
it all still seems very surreal to me. Producers
from The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)
selected us from among the finalists for
the Military Spouse of the Year award,
presented by Military Spouse Magazine
and Armed Forces Insurance, because
of the charitable work we do for the
military community. Five finalists are
chosen from each branch of service
from the nominations they receive. (See
the box on page 34 to learn how to nominate someone.) Winners from each branch
and an overall winner are then determined
through online voting. In 2012 I was honored to be
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