Laura

The most thoughtful gift i’ve ever gotten was the $25 donation tier reward back in the early 2000s for Defenders of Wildlife stuffed animal. This isn’t just a stuffed animal given to a stuffed animal fanatic, this is a stuffed animal that represents red wolf lives being saved.

Imagine giving someone the best gift they’ve ever received and it was a $25 toy you got full use out of 15 years ago. There’s like no financial burden to $25 you spent 15 years ago. The thought that went into giving someone whose primary OoA is stuffed wolves the Defenders of Wildlife donation toy is just beyond words how much that means to me.

I named her Laura after the person that gave her to me; she actually called me yesterday just to talk. We’re still good friends. Laura was my friend in Miami who made my time there bearable like I had family I could rely on. Her and my artist friend with dementia were my only family that I spent frequent time with, and we bonded a lot. She really looked out for me.