A gift from a stranger

My blog has always been a dot net.

The dot com equivalent belonged to a man in Canada. I wrote to him several years ago, letting him know that I would be interested in buying welcometomybrain.com if he was ever selling. I never heard back. C'est la vie.

In August, he contacted me out of the blue.

"I never replied and for that, I am sorry. I wouldn't have said yes as I had big plans for it at the time."

"I am writing to you now to let you know that my ownership of the domain name is due to expire" ... "I will not renew it."

"Let me know if you would like me to do anything specific to make sure it gets transfered to you and I will do so" ... "you've done really good with the title (and kept it up all this time), you deserve it."

A virtual stranger. We've watched each other from a distance for many, many years. Gifting me something that had value. Honoring a person he has never met.

So, on the day of the 262nd Magical Milk Pic, Welcome to My Brain Dot Com became mine.

There is good in the world. There is kindness. There is thoughtfulness. There is connection. Today I, again, say thank you, A.B. for your gift. I hope to make it to Canada one of these days so I can buy you a cup of coffee and wrap my arms around you in a grateful embrace.