greetings, dear friends - for those who have not already received this message from me via email today, just this morning, one of my dear blogging friends in ireland [thank you, map] posted a request for his BFs' home addresses so that he might send each of us a xmas card this year - it seems that in ireland, one does not send out xmas cards in the year in which a family member has passed on, as he had this past year - so, for this year, he wanted to send as many as possible - the whole thing of holiday cards took me right down memory lane to all the wonderful cards i received all my life, until the virtual world made such handwritten cards almost obsolete -
and so it is that i thought what a wonderful thing it would be for the NEW YEAR of 2011 - to send each of you a "real" card to your "real" home in the "real" world - hence, my request for your "real" address so that i might let you know i'm thinking of you with the new year!
send to gypsywomanworld@gmail.com
6 comments:
Uh-oh. Now I'm going to feel guilty! I do love the tradition, though.
You're pretty amazing, Gypsy. This, after just moving?
oh, trish! :)
well, you know, our family was never near any of our extended families - and so, getting cards and letters in the mail was such a thrill that i've never forgotten the getting of them - and actually, i still have some birthday cards from aunts when i was 2 and 3 years old - just never lost that excitement in ripping open letters and cards and knowing that someone had sat down and written to me - and then, reading it once or twice - putting it aside and coming back to it again - just this lust for words, i think - and my kids are really really good about cards and letters too - which thrills me, of course!
oh, nancy, i don't know about amazing - in the midst of a move and all - truth be known, it's more likely an act of selfishness as i so love getting cards and letters myself - as much as i love sending them! ;) but i thank you for the sweet thought! plus, i could use a little distraction from the remaining boxes filled with "where in the world am i going to put that" stuff! ;)
Hi I just sent you an email, let me know if you don't get it. How exciting! Thank you for thinking of me I would love to send you a card as well. :)
thanks so much, cole!!!
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