When I was a kid, I was fortunate enough to have a pretty wide variety of toys available to me.
And while it did my mom's heart good to see me enjoying myself with them, it also presented an opportunity to see what kinds I preferred. And when I completely ignored the baby doll she gave me in favor of my toy guns and Batman action figure, it was pretty clear to her what kind of kid I was.
The unfortunate reality, however, is that a lot of boys who would have preferred the doll didn't get the same choice that I did. In the minds of both some parents and other authority figures, we can see that the designation between "girls' stuff" and "boys' stuff" takes priority over what a given child would be happier with.
But although that's the kind of situation one woman faced growing up, it only made it all the more meaningful when her boyfriend came through with a beautiful surprise.
