Cassandra Warren was in a rush and feeling a little overwhelmed with her work and planning her upcoming 200-person wedding.
As she was getting invitations for her June nuptials in the mail two weeks ago, she hurriedly addressed one to her aunt and uncle at their home in Eugene, Ore., about 20 minutes from where she lives.
Last week, the invitation came back. She had mistakenly jotted in the wrong address. A handwritten note was scrawled on the return envelope:
“I wish I knew you — this is going to be a blast. Congratulations — go have dinner on me. I’ve been married for 40 years — it gets better with age. ”
A $20 bill was tucked inside.
Warren is at a bit of a professional crossroads and had been having a tough day. The moment her fiance opened the envelope, she was venting to him about her frustrations and was in “mid meltdown,” she said.
Then she read the note. “It was kind of perfect timing,” said Warren, 25, who works as a nanny. “I was really grateful for it.”
Then she looked closer and saw that the person, who Warren doesn’t know, had scribbled...READ
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