Did the mail come yet?
Why do we care? Why do I care?!
Most of the time all I get are bills. About a week before my birthday I start getting a few cards. When we don’t get bills, we get catalogues for clothing and school supplies. I don’t really get excited about either. Then there are a few magazines we subscribe too. But, I haven’t even renewed my free subscriptions because I don’t really read any of them.
The only thing I get in the mail that I have any reason to anticipate is checks from clients I’ve done programming for.
In short, there’s nothing there for me to get excited about, yet, I still want to know. “Did the mail come?!”
So, then I started thinking… maybe this is just a generational thing. Maybe it’s a carry over from when I was younger. Back in the day before e-mail. Back when one of the ways you knew someone loved you was because they sent you a letter.
But, I checked with Aimee and SHE looks forward to getting the mail too.
So, two questions. Do you look forward to getting mail (not email, but the old fashion kind) and if you do look forward to getting it. Why?
Leave me a comment with your answer.
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Yes, I look forward to getting mail, too. Back in high school, it was to see if there might be a letter from a friend from summer camp. Why do I get excited now? Maybe we still see it as a sign that we’re loved, maybe more than email. It takes extra effort to slap on a stamp and send something. It is extra special to receive something. If we want to be receivers, I suppose we ought to be senders, too. Lately, I’ve been excited to get creative photo postcards from your wife! There’s something even more exciting about going out to your mailbox on an ordinary day and getting something so out of the ordinary. It’s a tangible expression of care and I like that.
Comment by Mary — November 22, 2007 @ 12:23 pm