Wow. This was the best gift I've ever received doing one of these exchanges.

He survived Hurricane Harvey and turned that into the gift!

A letter came with it and I'll share that here: In my original "sorry it's taking so long" message, I mentioned bad weather. That bad weather was 50 something inches of rain via Hurricane Harvey. I live on the Texas gulf coast. I can see the Gulf of Mexico if I walk one house over and look right. Somehow my house didn't get flooded. The rest of my family lives about ten minutes inland from me and they all lost their homes, vehicles, and nearly every material possession. A lot of people didn't think anything serious was going to happen, went out to watch the Mayweather/McGregor fight and got stranded. My brother was one of those people and his pregnant wife had to be rescued by their friend after he kayaked miles to get to her. All of the rescues we know of were done by private citizens. The government never showed up. They're just now starting to pick up the giant piles of sheetrock, wood, furniture, toys, and clothes that line the streets. My favorite bookstore is now a dark empty building that sits behind a nearly roof high pile of ruined books. It sucks. But! People did get out and rescue those who needed help. Strangers go house to house asking if they can help with rebuilding or offering cleaning supplies. Cars go up and down streets looking for people who are gutting their homes so they can offer food and water. My three teenage sons quickly learned how to pull flooring and replace walls. I think they are learning a lot of more important lessons about priorities and goodwill. I really love where I live. I've been through quite a few hurricanes and tropical storms, so I already knew that we have awesome people who bond together and take care of each other, but it's a great place to live between crazy storms. I'm about halfway between Houston and Galveston, so I get all the perks of those cities without having to deal with the traffic on a daily basis. I grew up in Houston, but now I have the beach 20 minutes south of me, and theatres, a zoo, concerts and the biggest medical centre in the world (I think?) 25 minutes north of me. I can walk down the road to go fishing and crabbing, I can drive to the boardwalk and ride a rollercoaster and I get killer seafood. -townname- TX is a decent place to live. -shuckfatthit

I'm humbled that you still took the time and effort to put this package together for me mate. And the shirt lies, you gave me a bunch of stuff!