Cassandra and Jesse—who is a
counselor for families with autistic
children—went out to dinner the fol-
lowing night with a friend who was
going overseas with the military. They
happily put the $20 toward their bill.
Then Cassandra stopped by a store
and bought another card—a thank-
you card. She wrote her aunt anduncle’s incorrect address on the en-
velope again—this time on purpose—
and addressed it to “Kind Stranger.”
Inside, she wrote, “Thank you for
the note and taking the time to send
it. Not many people would have done
that. It was a big blessing after the day
I was having. I am thankful for people
like you still being in the world.”age.” A $20 bill was tucked inside.
Cassandra was at a bit of a profes-
sional crossroads and had been hav-
ing a tough day. In fact, she’d been
in “mid-meltdown,” venting to her
then-fiancé, Jesse Jones, about her
frustrations just as she opened the
misdirected envelope. Then she read
the note.
“It was kind of perfect timing,” says
Cassandra, who works as a nanny. “I
was really grateful for it.”
And the magic envelope wasn’t fin-
ished with its surprises. Cassandra
looked closer and saw that the person
had scribbled “Live long and prosper”
on the envelope, a nod to Star Trek.
“We’re kind of Trekkies,” she says.
Cassandra, 26, and Jesse, 24, have
no idea who the mystery note writer
is. But they figure the Star Trek refer-
ence was because the person noticed
the “fandom” corner of their invita-
tion, which had both a Star Wars
lightsaber and a Harry Potter wand.
“She assumed we’d understand her
message,” Cassandra says. “Which we
did.”
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