one year later, an unexpected package arrived at her house. She didn’t recognize the return address until she opened the box and discovered a handwritten letter, several photographs, and a carefully wrapped little handmade dress.
The letter came from the mother she had helped. She explained that the previous year had been one of the hardest periods of her life after suddenly losing her job and temporarily having nowhere permanent to live. The donated clothes had carried her daughter through an entire season. After getting back on her feet and finding steady work, she learned to sew and made the little dress specifically as a thank-you gift.
The photographs showed her daughter smiling while wearing several of the clothes that had been sent the year before. The woman sat quietly looking through them, realizing that a box of clothing she had considered unnecessary had meant far more to someone else
