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Jacki, a good friend, wrote my wife a letter with some stories, a smile and a compliment….thanking her for the birthday card and the letter she had sent. As Deborah read Jacki’s letter aloud…her words floated in the air with an innocence…and grace…saying how Deborah’s card and letter put a smile on her face. And I thought as I watched Deborah reading Jacki’s letter sent across the miles…how letters are still such a wonderful way of slowing down…of sharing smiles. The letter was printed in ink, two pages long and filled with stories of Jacki’s family throughout….as if when she sat down to write…a door in her mind opened and these memories came pouring out Jacki ended her letter with a little drawing of herself…it took up the letter’s final space…a drawing of Jackie with the smile Deborah helped to put upon her face. I think we should write more letters…to our friends and families…. It’s a great way to keep in touch…and evoke a host of memories. Because there is something magical in writing a letter…how it forces us to take a break to think about the joy of friends and family…and the memories we make. There is magic when we write a letter….in the way our thoughts and memories are prepared…and magic when the letter is received and those thoughts and memories are shared When it comes to Jacki’s letter….there was magic in every word because as Deborah read what she had written…it was Jacki’s voice we heard. Sending smiles through the mail can be slow… letters can take time to compose… can be an effort to create…. but anyone whose ever sent or received one knows… they are totally worth the wait.
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