There’s nothing like snail mail! Even today I get excited when I get mail and it’s not junk. My mother rarely wrote me letters or sent me care packages in college but when she did, it meant the world! I can probably count on one hand the amount of times she did…but I’m okay with that. I’m actually thankful that I even received anything and sometimes she’d include a small check for spending money which is always fun!
When I was a senior in college, I studied abroad. It was my student teaching semester and I taught in the inner city of London. When I was in London, we didn’t have cellphones. We didn’t even have a phone in our flat (apartment) for the first month because it was new. Things have certainly changed since then! I keep a lot of crap (letters/notes/pictures) in my journals so I happened to find this jem while browsing. I don’t remember this exact letter but it made me smile to think of my mother and how excited I must have been to receive this.
The letter reads:
Dear …,
Hi Honey. I finally got this list together for you. If you need a few more names I can give them over the phone.
Bre went to the movies tonight. She saw “Mean Girls”. Said it was good.
Rachel babysat for the Siegenfeld’s tonight. She had an interview at Harborfields today. Said it went O.K.
I, of course have done nothing. What else is new.
I hope you are enjoying every minute you’re in England.
Tell me all the details when you get home.
Margot got tickets for a Madonna concert. I don’t know when it is. She’s fine. I’ll try to call soon.
Love, Mommy
I love you! xxxooo