My DH and I are in our 70s and have complex health needs and we are both in the shielding category so haven’t left home in months now. We don’t have any family in this country apart from a DD and her DF.
This morning while bringing in a parcel, I noticed that someone has entered our property (gate, long driveway) and left a shop/online bought pebble with the word GRATITUDE on our doorstep.
I’m not sure if it was supposed to be a kind thought/random act of kindness or if it’s a trend at the moment (we aren’t on social media). It’s actually upset DH quite a bit as he feels someone is trying to send a message that we are somehow seen as ungrateful and need to be outwardly seen as having more gratitude. It’s also made us feel a little more vulnerable as someone has clearly went to some effort to deliver this as we aren’t directly on the road. We’ve asked everyone we know if it was them (in a friendly way!) and the general consensus is “no it wasn’t us, how odd!”. We’ve also recently had someone drop a camping chair in our garden oddly!
Our DD has tried to say maybe it is someone who wants to say they are grateful to us for some sort of a kindness but she’s also a little spooked as she’s been doing a lot of voluntary work helping a lot of people and has been having trouble with a stalker since lockdown who knows she grew up in this house and has previously trespassed here (although not for many years now).
Does anyone know what these pebbles are meant to represent?