Cassandra Warren, a babysitter, was in a rush and feeling a little overcome with work and planning her 200-person wedding. As she was extending invitations for her wedding in the mail one day last year, she hurriedly addressed one to her aunt and uncle in Oregon.
A week later, the invitation came back, with a handwritten note on the return envelope: "I wish I knew you. Congratulations! I've been married for 40 years—it gets better with age." A $ 20 bill was inside.
Cassandra was at a professional crossroads and had been having a tough day. In fact, she nearly broke down, telling her husband-to-be, Jesse Jones, about her depression just as she opened the misdirected envelope. And the magic envelope wasn't finished with its surprises. Cassandra looked closer and saw that on the envelope were "Live long and prosper", a nod to the space-based film Star Trek (《星际迷航》).
Cassandra and Jesse had no idea who the anonymous note writer was. But they figured the Star Trek reference was because the person noticed the "fandom" corner of their invitation, which had both a Star Wars light-saber (光剑) and a Harry Potter wand (魔杖). "She assumed we'd understand her message,” Cassandra said. "Which we did."
The following night Cassandra and Jesse went out to dinner 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 and uncle's incorrect address on the envelope again 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."
