Of course, it’s likely that any gift will remind the receiver of you... assuming there was anything to the gift that could mentally connect it to you. (I sent a friend a baby gift, though - which I thought reflected me in a way - and there were so many gifts opened for the new daughter that Christmas that they got them mixed up!... sigh.) And if the gift is very special to the receiver, he’ll naturally connect you with it in his mind when he thinks of it.

But why not think of a way to showcase the remembrance, as it were? These can be exceptionally memorable gifts...

An elegant candle could be accompanied by a card that says, "Light this candle and think of me ...thinking of you". The gift of a tape-recording of you reading a story to a child is more than suggestive of you. A young toddler friend’s mother helped her to create hand towels with her "dirty" handprints on them, saying "wash your hands" and signed "Gayle". (We use it all the time, Gayle, even though you’re now an elegant young lady. We also still have your photo-on-a-juice-can-lid on our fridge!). My cousin sent me a mug with a picture of both of us on it - now, who do you suppose I think of when I drink out of it? (I just wish the picture of me were better!)

Take a look at your presents from another perspective... What twist might you give them that would add to the value of the gift by ensuring that it evokes the greatest gift of all... yourself?