My secret Santa gift had arrived safely at my family home - but unfortunately the day I left back to my city.

I was finally able to get my gift and it's way above and beyond anything I would have thought to receive. I've been doing aerial hoop for about a year and absolutely love it, and my secret Santa created a glass ornament of an aerialist just for me. She's super stunning, one of the coolest gifts I've ever received, and I had tears in my eyes after I opened it.

Unfortunately, I dropped her to the ground only a few minutes after opening the gift and felt like the worst person in the entire world. I still don't know what happened, maybe I was shaky from excitement and from feeling under the weather. I know I was being careful and holding on to both the line and glass but she slipped through. This is why I can't have nice things :c SUPER LUCKILY the ornament only broke at her wrists away from the hoop, everywhere else is fine. I think a small piece of her right wrist fell away but she's still able to be pieced together. My boyfriend placed her back in with glue but I'm going to keep her tucked away and hopefully find someone who knows glass to make sure she's sturdy. I still can't believe I let her fall but I feel so lucky that nothing else chipped or shattered.. I'm going to take this as a cheesy lesson that if I ever have an injury from aerials that I won't let it stop me from continuing on.

I also received some socks, some mittens, a top, a pair of leggings, a big cozy scarf (I imagine these did double duty to help cushion the fragile part of my gift), nail polish, and assorted candies with a little note to tie it all together. This was my first secret Santa and I can't imagine anything more perfect and inspiring