Real mail

When was the last time you received a piece of real mail?

Not a bill of course; you know, something you maybe weren't quite expecting, but were super excited to open and read once you saw?

Yesterday I sent some mail.

8 pieces, actually. Four were thank you letters to people who served as references for my AmeriCorps NCCC application; two were birthday cards; one was my buddy's badge that he let me use during SXSW; and the last was a requested watercolor. Actually, I put an original Tonight's Watercolor! in each of them.

Fri. 4, Jun. 2010

One of those two birthday letters was to an old friend who I don't talk with often enough. Actually it was to Jacob, who made an appearance in my first post, coincidentally.

For his 27th birthday, Jake decided he'd ask the people in his life just to write him a letter. That's it. Anything they might want to say, write, draw, paint, create, whatever... In return, Jake promised to write them back within the year. Ha.

What a great idea!

I double dog dare you to write one letter to someone who you know would love to read some real mail, anything unexpected. 

Fold it. Lick it. Stamp it. Mail it to them.

Go.

You might find something in your mailbox in a few weeks (or within a year).

But don't do it expecting that either.

Because maybe you won't. And that's okay too.