Sending Love One Card at a Time

“Sending Love One Card at a Time” quoted from a wonderful friend’s website who has inspired this post.  Upon receiving a letter from her last week it opened up a little piece of my heart. When was the last time you received a letter just because? Do you know that feeling of fishing through all that junk mail and finding a real envelope addressed to you and opening an actual real note?  There is something so real and authentic about it that feels different than an email. It is like reading a real book.  Real, tangible, meaningful, you can feel it and touch it. It connects to your heart and can connect to your soul. Or how about getting all those family Christmas cards during the holiday season?  I absolutely love getting Christmas cards and sending Christmas cards. It is like this piece of my heart opens up and feels connected to all those people. Snail mail gets some similar feeling from me. It feels pure and deep. Real and vulnerable.

So I have been thinking about the past week of Valentine’s Day and love and relationships. And I think it is time to send a little love to some important people in my life. Tell them that are valuable to me. Show them in a different way I care. Even if the mail doesn’t mean the same thing to them, I love getting the opportunity to send it. Sometimes the things we think we are doing for others actually ends up opening a different piece of our heart and touching us in a different way.

I have a friend that sends letters on birthdays and anniversary. She is amazing and so intentional.  And it means so much to me that I get a little blessing from such and incredible person. I love getting her letters and knowing she is sending a little piece of her heart in that little envelope. I also have a book that I bought for my first born that I get to write him a letter every year on his birthday. I am so looking forward to continuing to do this every year and giving it to him one day. Words and the things we say are important.

So I have been thinking, maybe I should send out a letter a week to those people who have made a difference in my life.  A few minutes each week to do something that will open up my heart and help me do something intentional, meaningful, and real in my life.

So go to your local target, hop onto amazon, or check out my friend’s amazing stationary: https://jillcate.com/ (@jill.cate.letterpress) and grab some cards to send to those people you love!

So let’s send some love, one card at a time!