You've got mail!

I just looked through my blog posts. Has it really been three months since I've spoken to you?
'Guess so.
I have written several blogs.
I just didn't post them....wow.
I am so sorry. 

I thought of days when people actually wrote letters to keep in touch...sometimes I'd write a letter and forget to mail it. Or, I'd put it down somewhere and get busy, only to find it a month later.

I had a penpal in New York.
Debbie. We both attended parochial schools.
Our teachers were friends, and they thought it would be fun for Colorado kids and New York kids to correspond.
Debbie and I wrote to each other from third grade till we went to college.
We wrote about our families, school and our activities.
When we got older, we told each other our problems, and things we were going through.
We exchanged pictures and sent each other gifts.
If too much time lapsed between letters, one of us would send another letter..."what's wrong?"
We were best friends from a distance.
We never met, but we kept in touch.
Writing was the only way we stayed connected.

I'm not sure who stopped writing first.
Maybe we wrote, but just didn't mail the letters.
I guess we both got busy, got sidetracked. Life took its course, and we didn't take the time anymore.
I don't know where she is...who she married, how many children she has.
Now, it's been thirty some years.
We lost our connection...consequently, that friendship is now a memory.

Letters.
Communication.
Connection.

I know, I know. We have cell phones, tweeting, texting, emails, facebook, blogging. We can communicate with friends in so many ways these days, and I do (except for tweeting, and I haven't learned to chirp yet..maybe one day).

Whatever means of communication we choose, it is important to stay connected.
Friends are important.
Patsy Clairmont said it at Women of Faith, recently. "We need each other. We need to be there for each other - to say, I'll walk with you on your journey."

We are on this journey together.

Let's stay connected!
That could mean email...text mail...
A few weeks ago, I actually got a real letter in the mail from a friend in Texas...in an envelope with a stamp!
What a treat.

Perhaps you have some stationery (you know, that pretty paper, with matching envelopes).
Maybe you'd like to surprise a friend and write a letter!
Ok, how about a phone call, an email or facebook message, a text message, a tweet ... or a blog!

Today, I'm reconnecting with all my friends here in blogosphere!
I'm glad to say, "You've got mail."


Thought for the day:
I really need to send my mail.