I’m really not much of a Christmas card sender,<\/p>\n
Though I always wanted to be.<\/p>\n
I’ve tried to be such a person on occasion,<\/p>\n
Really.<\/p>\n
But something in my psyche just seems to interfere with any efficient delivery of Christmas cards on my part.<\/p>\n
I think it’s partly because of this obsession of mine with personalizing everything.<\/p>\n
I can’t just purchase a box of Christmas cards, sign my name and send out the cards to friends and family.<\/p>\n
Instead, I have to find just the perfect Christmas card for the person\/family I’m sending it to …<\/p>\n
And then think of just right right thing to write on the inside of the card,<\/p>\n
All before sending it.<\/p>\n
My rough estimate is that on average I spend an hour per card after all is said and done.<\/p>\n
Which means I’m incapable of sending many cards.<\/p>\n
But then,<\/p>\n
I don’t want anyone to feel left out in not getting an Amy card …<\/p>\n
insert viewer supplied<\/strong> “As if anyone would notice<\/em>” comment<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n So I generally opt not to send any.<\/p>\n Now this line of reasoning is wrong …<\/p>\n Because I know,<\/p>\n From my own personal experience,<\/p>\n That a personalized card and message isn’t the point,<\/p>\n It’s sending the card …<\/p>\n And letting the person know you are thinking of them,<\/p>\n That is important.<\/p>\n I know this,<\/p>\n Because every Christmas card I receive from someone,<\/p>\n Means to me …<\/p>\n I’m being remembered.<\/p>\n And that means a lot to me these days.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As there are times now when\u00a0I don’t feel like I have\u00a0much of a past anymore …<\/p>\n Memories of good times to laugh about and recollect with friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n And having\u00a0a past is important …<\/p>\n As we are the culmination of our experiences,<\/p>\n You know.<\/p>\n Anyways.\u00a0<\/p>\n Christmas Cards now …<\/p>\n Seem to grant me a tactile connection to past.<\/p>\n Odd.\u00a0<\/p>\n My favorites are the cards with the pictures of my friends’ children on them.<\/p>\n I love those.<\/p>\n It’s the best seeing how the kids are growing up;<\/p>\n How much each child looks like their parents.<\/p>\n I love it ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n And for what now seems like ever …<\/p>\n I’ve gotten a holiday card from Tiger and Tiger’s Brain,<\/p>\n With a picture of their daughters on the front.<\/p>\n It has come to mean the beginning of the Christmas season to me,<\/p>\n As they are always the most timely in getting their cards out.<\/p>\n Received early, early in the Christmas season.<\/p>\n And this year,<\/p>\n Right on time …<\/p>\n I received their card.<\/p>\n It was the best hug snail mail could possibly deliver !!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Christmas could begin.<\/p>\n Now I didn’t get a bunch more such cards in the mail this year,<\/p>\n Go figure,\u00a0<\/p>\n But each and every one I did get …<\/p>\n Brought\u00a0a smile to my face.<\/p>\n Though earlier this week …<\/p>\n It popped into my mind,<\/p>\n That I hadn’t received my end of the Christmas season\u00a0Christmas card.<\/p>\n Named such because it’s\u00a0one with a history of not being sent after until Christmas,<\/p>\n And done so with confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n It’s from\u00a0another in my undergrad connection,<\/p>\n And though the end of the Christmas season Christmas card does not have the history as that of Tiger and Tiger’s Brain’s card …<\/p>\n I definitely noticed that I didn’t receive one,<\/p>\n As the sender,<\/p>\n Along with some of her friends who I’ve gabbed\/e-mailed with on occasion over the past year or so …<\/p>\n Gave me an incredibly comforting stability of past,<\/p>\n Even though we really didn’t have much of one …<\/p>\n Other than drinking at Tiger and Tiger’s Brain place in the 80’s.<\/p>\n Now as I do when I don’t receive a card from someone,<\/p>\n I try not to take it personally …<\/p>\n And in this case,<\/p>\n I really didn’t.<\/p>\n I was bummed I hadn’t heard from them,<\/p>\n But also worried that something was wrong on their end.<\/p>\n I’ve really got to send her an e-mail,<\/p>\n I thought,\u00a0<\/p>\n And Reporter too.<\/p>\n Good\u00a0folk they are.<\/p>\n But then today …<\/p>\n In my mail,<\/p>\n I received …<\/p>\n My end of the season Christmas card.<\/p>\n I got goose bumps when I saw the back of the envelope,<\/p>\n And recognized that it might indeed by a Christmas card.<\/p>\n When I turned it around and saw the return address,<\/p>\n I smiled and had to blink away a watery eye.<\/p>\n Damn hormones. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>\n Who would of thunk a Christmas card could do such good?<\/p>\n I’ve learned my lesson people,<\/p>\n I’m definitely going to send Christmas cards in the future …<\/p>\n