Gift giving can be challenging, especially for aging loved ones or other senior citizens in your life. In addition to gifting a lovely bouquet of flowers or a plant, you may be wondering what other types of presents a senior would cherish and enjoy. So often, the seniors in our lives may not be getting the care and socialization that they need to be happy. In fact, with over half of all seniors ages 75 and older living alone, social isolation is a massive concern for families.

Anyone can look at a map of Texas and give Houston a nod of attention. But in only a mere 20 minutes away from the hustle, bustle, and noise of the city sits a small, charming city. That city is Fulshear, Texas.

Presenting our loved ones with the perfect gift is a great feeling, seeing their smile and the happiness in their eyes is truly irreplaceable. Of course finding that perfect one takes time, and it is often not about money as much as it is about listening to them and their desires and wishes and grabbing the opportunity to make some of them come true.

Rutgers University researcher Jeannette Haviland-Jones, Ph.D., director of the university’s Human Emotions Lab, explored what the gifts we choose say about who we are and whether they affect how we are perceived. The research reveals that those who send flowers, in comparison to other gifts, are viewed as successful, caring and emotionally intelligent people.

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