I received a gift in the mail today - and I don’t know who sent it! The Amazon.com box was waiting outside the door when I got home, but when I picked it up it felt awfully light. I took it inside and called my girlfriend at work (I usually do that when I get home anyway, to find out when she’ll be coming home) and asked her what she’d gotten me. She said “I hate to tell you, but I didn’t get you anything!” I opened the box to find an envelope that said “Don’t Ruin Your Surprise - Open your gift before this envelope.” So I cut open the packaging and found a small gift-wrapped box with a printed notecard:

Meredith,
For the wonderful way you touch
people’s lives.
–P

I had no idea who “P” might be! As I opened the package, I realized it was a CD, and was delighted to find one of the few k.d. lang CDs I don’t already have. I finally opened the envelope and found the sender’s full name and billing address. He’d sent it next day air (!), gift wrapped and everything, but didn’t indicate who he was! I tried putting the name into Google, but it’s a common first name paired with a common last name so I had absolutely no luck.

So, PT of California, if you’re reading this…feel free to drop me a note and let me know who you are and how you know me! If you really want to keep your identity a secret, that’s okay, but if you feel like revealing yourself I’d love to know! I especially appreciate the note you enclosed with the CD; it’s so nice to know someone out there is thinking of me! Thank you so much!