Original post: I've had rather good conversion with my book gifter, and they have given explicit instruction to wait until I receive a usps parcel... once I do I'll be able to open the two Amazon boxes which have been staring me down.. tormenting me for weeks.

UPDATE: A week ago I got the last few packages in the mail and I can tell you this... My family gathered to take part in the festivities.

FIVE. Cinq.. Boxes, and a letter from my gifter.

My cousin used his leatherman to cut all the tape while I read the AMAZING handwritten card. The lady has some penmanship alright... /r/penmanshipporn anyone?.

Now to the packages themselves. I was told not to open the giftwrap from the items until I received my letter with clear instructions. And were they the most flattering, sweet, considerate, and clear instructions one could ever imagine.

The first two packages were "for the shorties" (My students).. and they were two anthologies of musical theatre for Soprano and a Duets book which have already made the rounds in my studio and have had amazing use thus far.

Package 3 was ALSO for my students. This woman is (insert profanity here) AMAZING.

She sent a piano/vocal book of Chicago, her favorite musical which she saw "on Broadway starring the incomparable Bebe Neuwirth.

By this point I'm already practically in tears from the kindness my gifter has brought into my house and for my students. There's no reason why she had to go so above and beyond, but without hesitation she did.

My cousin is also a Redditer, as is my girlfriend... and both have been inspired by my past few exchanges to contribute to the cause if not as gifters... but regifters thanks to the amazing experiences like this one.

Package 4. Aside from teaching voice I sing opera and musical theatre for a living. Upon seeing my Awesome Aprons exchange my gifter took it upon herself to show me the most BEAUTIFUL Opera Houses in the world. The book is dense. As dense as opera, though certain operas may seem more heavy and painful.

From the pages I've read so far, it's completely stunning.

Package 5. For me. This one meant the most to me. My father grew up with Calvin and Hobbes, and wherever I was in the house I could find an old collection easily.

The reason I haven't been able to post was due to the unlucky circumstances that my father has been hospitalized the last week.

He's a severe asthmatic who won the sick-lottery and got pneumonia and the Flu at the same time, sending him in to life threatening fits of coughing and airflow obstruction.

The day I got my books I knew what I had to do.

I rushed it over to him and he couldn't have been happier to read it with me.

The last request was to take the book "out on a pretty day, and peruse it in the afternoon, outside, under a tree, with a good cuppa (tea or coffee.) It's the little things in life that have brought me the most joy, and this is one of them."

I am not much of a coffee or tea drinker, so i grabbed some Diet Dr. Pepper, my woodcrafts for another box... the Calvin and Hobbes back from my father, who's now feeling much better.. and hit up a local park which overlooks a canyon.

I spent 2 hours switching between stenciling... and Calvin.

You made my week. My month, and some of my student's years...

The impact you've made on 8 different people in one book exchange surpasses anything that I feel I deserve. You're a remarkably generous, kind, intelligent, and strong woman who I feel holds the true spirit of generosity.

I'm humbled by your time, thought, and investment into an internet stranger.

Much love and appreciation MuffinzAreTasty,

/SDMusic