My package arrived this morning and lead to a rollercoaster of emotions on my end. First I saw a printout of a donation to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance for $20. This cause is dear to my heart because my grandmother passed away from ovarian cancer a few years ago. She was an amazing woman that I looked up to and it was a hard loss so this donation means the world to me. Ovarian cancer isn’t something promoted as widely as breast cancer but it’s far more likely to kill as it typically gets caught too late and/or continues to come back.

After looking over the donation I moved on to the note inside the box that talked about the creation of the second gift, a beautiful blue scarf. The project was started and then stopped shortly after because the person who inspired and taught my Santa to knit had passed away. The project sat on a shelf for a while because they were too sad to work on it but when my Santa got matched with me (someone who loves scarves and the color blue) they decided to finish it and send it my way. A second wave of emotions hit me when I read through this because my grandmother who passed away from ovarian cancer is the one who taught me to knit and I have a few projects sitting around unfinished that she helped me start (my Santa didn’t know this).

Finally I came to the third and final gift, an amazing Zelda windbreaker. I’m a huge nerd and I love Zelda so this jacket with Link on it will get a lot of use! I couldn't think of a more perfect jacket!

Overall I couldn’t be happier with the gifts I received from my Santa and all of them will he cherished.