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First, with a sweet card came a pretty pair of earrings from my mom. They came all the way from Taiwan and are handmade "blessing flowers." Thanks, Mom!
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Then in the wood box from my friends at Little, Brown (my publisher) came:
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MOUSE CHOCOLATES! So cute...and delicious:
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I almost (but not quite) liked them as much as my bestest gift which was from the Sasquatch, a red sea glass necklace:
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He remembered how I kept searching for unique pieces of sea glass during our summer vacation, so bought me this necklace with a very rare piece of red glass. Of course, I heart it! But just to make sure I liked his gift the best, he also got me a yellow begonia and an apple pie.