Some of you may remember my mishap with US-1 Scam Lines and all of my stuff that they "lost" during a previous move. One of the boxes that went missing was a box of cermaic Mardi Gras masks that I'd collected over a span of 15 years.
Today the mailman brought me a huge box from my friends that used to own a big used bookstore down here (I worked for them for a while and we still keep in touch even though the store is closed and they moved to central Florida). I opened the box and wrapped in sheets of bubble wrap were....MARDI GRAS MASKS! Some were duplicates of ones that I had, including a gorgeous cat-face, and all were gorgeous. They were taken down off my friend's wall, lovingly wrapped and mailed, because he said, "After what happened to yours, you need them more than I do."
I bawled like a baby. These two people are the sweetest, most generous and kind people you could ever want to meet, and to do something likes this literally takes my breath away.
If you want to see a photo of the MGMFNR, they're at: