My mom went back to Michigan and left me...

...a folded $20 tucked under the handle on the lid of my lentil soup! The morning she left, she said, "Anything I left behind was intentional." Funny thing to say, I thought, because I knew she meant to leave the stack of Bed, Bath & Beyond coupons, which I collect and forget to use; the mittens she thinks I should wear; and her travel toothbrush she'd like me to use to take to the edges of the bathroom's tiled floor. But money in the fridge? A nice surprise.