Mailbox Love

Remember that feeling you had as a kid when a package would come in the mail with your name on it? Pretty great, right? Then you become an adult and you realize the mailman mostly brings bills and junk mail, and it’s nowhere near as exciting. Aldulting. Blah.

Well someone has been giving me that giddy little kid feeling lately, and I have to say, it’s still pretty great. Let’s not sugar coat things; this is proving a tough and uncomfortable season of life for me right now. I am struggling with fear and frustration and pain, and there is seldom a day that rolls by lately that doesn’t bring a sob session. Or four. Somebody knows that, and has been going out of their way to drop some smiles on my doorstep, and it’s the best. I have received several packages lately, shipped out with encouraging words and containing big eye crinkling smiles.

As I’m grinning over these meaningful gifts that are fun, encouraging, and brightening my days in the best of ways, I’m thinking… what if we all did this? What if we all took a minute to let someone know that we see them and we care for them and we are a friend in whatever their fight may be? I feel like there would be a lot more happy going around.

It doesn’t even have to be anonymous; sign it, or make it a secret, but reach out and do something that will bring a spot of joy to someone’s day. Even if you don’t know what they’re going through, you never know when it might be just the right time to let someone know they matter. Send some fun or inspiring socks, a sweet treat, or a mug and a new coffee to try. Grab a card that simply says “I’m thinking of you,” mow or weed someone’s yard, or leave a bag of groceries on their porch. I guarantee you that regardless of what season of life a person is going through, it’s going to be a little bit better when they know someone out there cares for them, whether you reveal who it is or not.

So get up, look around, find someone you can bring a smile to today. You won’t regret it, and neither will they.

And to my secret mail angel out there… thank you for noticing, for caring, for taking the time to reach out. You’ve brought some of the best smiles on the hardest days.

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