The Best Christmas Present EVER!
I had something really amazing happen to me last week.
I was the recipient of a random act of kindness,
of amazing generosity,
of the epitome of Christian love.
If you have had a blog for awhile, you know that you develop a group of regular readers, and sometimes those readers, in the process of their daily lives, come across things that speak your name...and on a whim you'll get (very cool) gifts in the mail.
I've both received gifts, and I've sent gifts, and I call some of these readers friends, even though we haven't met yet.
But this goes way beyond that.
You see, Ben emailed me, saying he had a Christmas present for me.
Huh?
Wow, that's generous.
Okay.
Since he loves photography, I just assumed it was one of his photographs (and that would have really been awesome).
I even dreamt one night that he knit me a sweater, because we talked about knitting.
So I drove to the post office on Tuesday, and was shocked when the employee there handed me a big box.
Um, with a $35 shipping label.
Plus insurance and delivery confirmation, so it cost even more to mail.
Holy cow.
Hmmm...that's not a photograph.
Excitedly, since I can never wait, I rushed outside, stood beside the open door of my car, and I ripped the tape off the box.
I opened the box, and literally said out loud, "What?! Whaaaa?! Oh my God!".
I made a mini scene out there in the parking lot.
This is what he sent:
Are you kidding me?
Seriously, are you KIDDING me?
Ben is a computer expert, and he knows that the computer I have at home is old old old and so slow that it takes me at least three times longer to do things than it would with a normal computer.
My computer at home doesn't even have basic stuff like Word on it.
It's actually worse than anyone can probably imagine.
Because I'm a house sitter, it would make so much more sense to have my own computer that's portable, versus having to use my clients'.
So not only is this a better computer than the one I have, it's way more practical too.
I am giddy. My dad would have said "tickled pink" :)
The computer has goodies like Microsoft Office installed, and it even has some photo-editing software.
Wow.
I immediately called my friend Tracie and cried.
Then I called my friend Mike, and excitedly, in a high-pitched voice, told him of this awesomeness (Mike in another generous friend, so this all makes sense to him).
Today I called my satellite company to get DSL instead of the dreaded dial-up I currently have.
They'll be hooking it up soon.
Thank you Ben. What a Godsend.
I was the recipient of a random act of kindness,
of amazing generosity,
of the epitome of Christian love.
If you have had a blog for awhile, you know that you develop a group of regular readers, and sometimes those readers, in the process of their daily lives, come across things that speak your name...and on a whim you'll get (very cool) gifts in the mail.
I've both received gifts, and I've sent gifts, and I call some of these readers friends, even though we haven't met yet.
But this goes way beyond that.
You see, Ben emailed me, saying he had a Christmas present for me.
Huh?
Wow, that's generous.
Okay.
Since he loves photography, I just assumed it was one of his photographs (and that would have really been awesome).
I even dreamt one night that he knit me a sweater, because we talked about knitting.
So I drove to the post office on Tuesday, and was shocked when the employee there handed me a big box.
Um, with a $35 shipping label.
Plus insurance and delivery confirmation, so it cost even more to mail.
Holy cow.
Hmmm...that's not a photograph.
Excitedly, since I can never wait, I rushed outside, stood beside the open door of my car, and I ripped the tape off the box.
I opened the box, and literally said out loud, "What?! Whaaaa?! Oh my God!".
I made a mini scene out there in the parking lot.
This is what he sent:
Are you kidding me?
Seriously, are you KIDDING me?
Ben is a computer expert, and he knows that the computer I have at home is old old old and so slow that it takes me at least three times longer to do things than it would with a normal computer.
My computer at home doesn't even have basic stuff like Word on it.
It's actually worse than anyone can probably imagine.
Because I'm a house sitter, it would make so much more sense to have my own computer that's portable, versus having to use my clients'.
So not only is this a better computer than the one I have, it's way more practical too.
I am giddy. My dad would have said "tickled pink" :)
The computer has goodies like Microsoft Office installed, and it even has some photo-editing software.
Wow.
I immediately called my friend Tracie and cried.
Then I called my friend Mike, and excitedly, in a high-pitched voice, told him of this awesomeness (Mike in another generous friend, so this all makes sense to him).
Today I called my satellite company to get DSL instead of the dreaded dial-up I currently have.
They'll be hooking it up soon.
Thank you Ben. What a Godsend.
Labels: blog friends, received gifts
8 Comments:
Fantastic news! Thank you, Ben for renewing my faith in the kindness of others.
Ben, you completely rock guy. This is an incredible gift and such a wonderful Christmas thought. Barb, you have blessed so many people through your blogging, this is a just dessert.
Yay for you Barb! You have such a lovely heart......and what goes around comes around! Ben, thank you for being sooooo kind to Barb!
What a lovely and generous friend! Barb I CAN NOT BELIEVE that you are still using dial-up. You must have the patience of a saint!
Wow! Lucky girl! Enjoy your new laptop!
Wow, that's amazingly generous. I'm sure it will come back to him someday. Enjoy your new computer!
Wow! That is so great!
(a)I think he wants to marry you...or (b) he is wealthy!
Seriously though Barb, as the other commenters have said here, you've brought a lot of fun and joy to many people through your blog, so you deserve any goodies coming your way. But by any standards it is an incredibly generous gift to a fellow blogger!
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