Update - I got a small package in the mail today from etsy. I immideatly tore it open, of course! Inside was this necklace... FULL OF SOOT SPRITES. Let me just say, Spirited Away is my favorite movie and the soot sprites are my favorite characters. I've been having a horrible holiday season and this is the only present I'll really get - So thank you, secret santa. Thank you so much!

I received this message today. Blown away doesn't describe how I feel. I'm so excited and thankful:

**"I'm sending you something in the mail as well, but I thought you'd like to get this part right away. It's an e-certificate for a donation to Modest Needs. That's a charity where you get to choose who you'd like them to help. Browse the requests for help here: https://www.modestneeds.org/features/ledger/index.asp

Here are the instructions to use it, copied from the email they sent me: "Dear ----, Congratulations! In celebration of Christmas Gift Exchange, your Secret Santa sent you a very special gift: a Modest Needs Foundation gift certificate valued at $200 points!

You can use the funds attached to this gift certificate to stop the cycle of poverty for hard-working families in short-term crisis at www.modestneeds.org"**

A $200 dollar value!!! I'm so happy I get to help others this Christmas. It sounds so stupid, but it seriously warms my heart. I love helping people, so this is the best gift I could have gotten.

THANK YOU, SS!!!