35. Getting real mail/email *
by admin - December 9th, 2008.Filed under: *, 31-40. Tagged as: email, mail, real.
Especially now! Don’t get me wrong: I have always loved getting real mail, always!
There are other people who don’t miss a holiday, but Tammie stands out in my mind. Tammie always sent me a birthday and Christmas card–sometimes even a St. Patrick’s Day or Thanksgiving card, too. All through high school and college, even when I didn’t respond regularly, or at all. Since she isn’t family, we didn’t see each other at holidays or ever, but she kept our connection open despite all that Not only did I learn how valuable it is to have such a deep connection to my childhood, but I also learned how incredibly impactful that regular, unrequited contact mean to me.
Now, however, since I’m living so far away, I love getting real emails–something other than student emails, colleague emails, one of the thousands of JLU emails, newsletters, notifications. You know, all that crap that isn’t friends and family.
As I’ve said in another post, I try so hard to answer those emails quickly, but those work emails so often get in the way, which makes this post both sweet and bitter. There are at least four emails that I need to respond to right now, and that hurts. But once I’m done with this email, I have some more work to do and then it’ll be bedtime. I can hear your protests: Maybe my priorities are out of whack.
But blogging gives me a release from the day. It’s writing, and writing heals me.