Today Keli checked the mail and had a surprise for me: She won that same baseball card in an eBay auction for me. That was just the beginning though! The auction she won was not only for that one card, but for a whole stack of mint condition Rickey Henderson baseball cards!

As I looked through the cards, I realized that most of them were ones I had in my collection, before it was stolen. Years ago, someone cut the lock off of our storage unit and stole a bunch of stuff. Among the stolen items were my three binders of baseball cards -damn near my entire collection. All of my Nolan Ryan, Don Mattingly, Oakland A’s (From when they were actually good) cards, etc were all taken.

With the cards Keli bought for me, I feel like some of them were never missing. Sure they’re just pictures printed on thin pieces of cardboard, but those cards are silly little symbols that remind me of many happy days when I was a lot younger.

Thank you, baby! This really means a lot to me. Especially since I know how much you hate baseball.