My secret santa is the sweetest and most thoughtful lady out there! First, I opened her lovely card, which told me that there was a note with every gift! Then, I opened two books. The first was "Fall of Giants" by Ken Follett and the other was "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.

My favorite part of the gift, though, was an ornament with a picture of my sister and I on it. See... my little sister died in March. She was just 20 years old and lost her battle with cancer. It's been a really rough year for my family and this Christmas was really, really hard. Opening up that ornament and seeing that a stranger took the time to really get to know me, to figure out exactly what would mean so much to me, it made me cry!

So, thank you, secret santa! This was an amazing gift. I will treasure that ornament especially for years and years to come. Even though it's after Christmas, it's already on my tree :)