On Generosity

 

John Green wrote an appreciation of Amy Krouse Rosenthal in his VLOG here “Beckoning Lovely” – link

He talked about how important she was in his life, helping him get started in writing, being a model for a warm relationship and praises her upcoming book saying, “It’s going to be special and fascinating and generous like everything Amy does.” Which is a special and generous thing to say! And he then makes a connection to the bigger audience to make us all think of people who are like that in our lives. “We all have people in our lives whose generosity has lifted us up or helped hold us together.”

He said that she was “the best gift-giver I have ever known.”

“When we first met, I talked about how I was relatively new to Chicago. My mother and father worried about me in the big city.”

He told her his mother recommended he carry $40 in “mugger money.”

Later, Ms. Krouse Rosenthal “gave me two money clips,” he said. “one said ‘JMG,’ and the other one is ‘MM’ — for ‘mugger money.”