 Within days, her colleagues at Avon sent boxes of clothes and books to help the family recover.For Kleypas, though, the defining moment was the after the flood, when she and her mother (whose home had also flooded), made a quick trip to the store to purchase toothbrushes, clean clothes, and other necessities.Separately, each of them had also chosen a romance novel, a necessity to them in helping them escape the stress they were currently under.