was clearing out Reina\u2019s closet when I posted a free bundle of toddler clothes. Minutes later, a message came from a woman named Nura. Times were hard. Her little girl had nothing warm. Could I mail the box? She\u2019d pay me \u201cwhen she could.\u201d I almost ignored it. <\/p>\n
But grief from my mother\u2019s recent passing had softened me. I mailed it, paid the postage, and forgot about it. A year later, a package arrived. Inside were the dresses\u2014washed, folded\u2014and a crocheted yellow duck from my childhood I thought I\u2019d lost.<\/p>\n
A note read: \u201cYou helped me when I had no one. This duck kept my daughter\u2019s bad dreams away. She\u2019s better now. It\u2019s time it comes home.\u201dI cried on my kitchen floor. At the bottom of the note was a phone number. I called. Nura answered, voice tired but warm. She had fled an abusive partner with only a toddler and a duffel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
was clearing out Reina\u2019s closet when I posted a free bundle of toddler clothes. Minutes later, a message came from a woman named Nura. Times were hard. Her little girl had nothing warm. Could I mail the box? She\u2019d pay me \u201cwhen she could.\u201d I almost ignored it. But grief from my mother\u2019s recent passing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6095,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6093\/revisions\/6095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}