
When I was young one of my favorite things to do this time of year was to get the mail. It was a plethora of colored envelopes and Christmas Greetings from all over the place. The cards were full of winter magic and good times, not to mention Santa! Sometimes there would be photos of long time friends who now live far away but always remember the love at Christmastime! My mother would find a special place for all the cards and often create a masterpiece of Christmas magic with all the different images and textures of the cards.
I still love receiving cards and always look forward to getting the mail with grand hopes of finding one or two stuck between the many hospital bills that seem to fill my mailbox nowadays!

The impact a simple card can have was brought to light last night with a phone call. My husband has a very good friend....Ben. Now Ben is in his 80's and Dan has known him for many years. Their friendship was created from fishing. Ben had enrolled in Dan's fly-casting clinic and hired him on occasion to guide him on the rivers of California. Ben didn't get around very well and needless to say Dan had a difficult and often frustrating time guiding him but a true deep and respectful bond was created

2 comments:
Ohhhhhhhh Pam...I love cards too but it seems many people don't send them anymore. I still do since I am so nostalgic about things like that.
Your story about Ben made me teary-eyed. That is so sweet.
Happy Holidays my darling friend,
LuLu~*xoxo
What a wonderful thing a simple Chritstms card can do. Dan must have felt very warm in his heart.
This is such a lovely post.
Hugs
kay
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