I really didn't need anything for myself, so this year, I asked my kind Secret Santa to do something nice for my wife, who has a neuromuscular disease known as Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which is a form of Muscular Dystrophy. Over the past couple of years, she's gone through a lot with me, moving twice after jobs didn't work out, and working full-time while I looked for work, which was a tremendous strain on her, both physically and mentally. Now, in late 2015, we are in a good place, and so what better time than Reddit's Secret Santa exchange to totally surprise her? :)

Thank you so much to my Secret Santa for sending her these wonderful ergonomic hooks (along with very cute case and accessories!), beautiful rainbow wool yarn, and a massive book full of 500 different crochet patterns. As my title says, when I opened these and then passed them over to her, she just started crying. What made it even better was that she was having a rough day to begin with, so these arrived at the absolute PERFECT time to bring a major smile to her face, and to start off the holidays right. :)

Again, THANK YOU so much to my wonderful Secret Santa, and thank you to Reddit for making special things like this happen.