Sometimes people are AMAZING

I think I've spoken about the English family I babysit for sometime. Well they are great I love them! They are the MacDonald's and they live in San Marino. I've known them for almost 5 years (I worked with Bradley, the youngest, in Kinder care). Well over the years I think I've established a cool bond with them and we've had some fun times, even going to D-LAND together. I've also got to know Laura's (the mom) parents on their yearly trips to visit.
They know that I truly love English culture and I always have some off the wall questions to ask them...I love their tabloids and their celebrities...footballers and W.A.G.S. and music. So I always get some fun mags to read when they come back from visiting. Well yesterday I got a real treat.
The last time I saw Laura's parents was in June or July, we were talking about England and their upcoming elections. I happened to mention that Wayne (a footballer) and Colleen (his fiance) had gotten married over the weekend, they told me they knew it was coming but didn't know when and if they could get the magazines with the exclusive wedding pics they'd save them and send them to me at Christmas.
So cut to yesterday, my brother handed me a bag with not 1, but all 3 OK magazines featuring all the details from Wayne and Colleen's wedding. There was also a copy of the new Girls Aloud CD and her dad recorded and burned a Girls Aloud TV special that aired over there and a letter from Laura. I haven't seen her or the kids since October, but she's been holding on the the mags. They are going through a hard time right now and she's been really busy so she kept them safe and sent them with my brother when she had the chance. BTW, if you don't know who GA is then you don't know anything!
I was so touched that not only did they remember the magazines, but they also went out of their way to send me something they knew I couldn't possibly get here. In our day to day lives, we get beaten down and hung up on the small things and personally the last week has been very hard, so to know that there are some folks thousands of miles away who thought about me (even if it was months ago) and thought to do something nice for me, is really nice and makes me feel things about myself that I don't usually feel.
This isn't the first time Laura's dad has done something for me either! I asked if he could find me the last (previous) GA CD for me, and when he didn't find it at the first store he went to he ended up going to several different stores to look for it (which for a man his age is embarrassing , I guess ) and when he found it he sent it over to me.
Kindness and generosity warms the heart!

Thank You!