What are the chances?
I always go through the mail hoping for some sort of hand written correspondence. Just a little note that says someone out there (other than Acme, Shop Rite, and the sad missing children last seen with whomever) thought of me. Today I was happy to find an invite to a baby shower mixed in with all the bills and junk.
[Just a side note---I hate junk mail, by the way. I mean, how many poor trees do they chop down to make all that stuff that fills your mail box every stinkin' day: catalogs, grocery store circulars, those stupid things with Chuck E. Cheese coupons, credit card pre-approvals,or just whatever! When we were in California last summer I was amazed at all the logging trucks hauling tree trunks around. It was actually really sad. But I digress...]
So here is the serendipity of that little note: I ripped through the envelope eagerly to see what the contents held inside. Happy with the invite I set the letter and stack aside in my bag and drove on to the next thing for the day.
After getting home and dumping the mail out, I later went back to the pile to retrieve the note to stick it on my organizational apparatus (i.e. the fridge) and low and behold look at what I stumbled upon…
Somehow I managed to accidentally tear the envelope in a perfect “half heart” to create a a full heart when pulled apart. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THAT?! It gave me chills when I saw it lying on the counter… Weird.
What I think is even more amazing is how the USPS was able to deliver that letter addressed with backwards writing. Those people are geniuses!
I know the feeling Mindy. Congrats on the handwritten note. Even though i don’t mail you handwritten notes, I think of you often and with brotherly love.
CJ
ps – Pirates 3 Trailer is up at my SITE!!!!!
that envelope looks familiar.. probably because they were formerly scattered across our living room.
It must mean that I love you, since I’m the one who wrote your address on there! And Kristen Hilferty loves you, too- she wrote the info inside!