Week 20: Send some love!

In the age of texting, email and online messengers, we have severely decreased the amount of really personal communications. Time we spend talking to one another in person or over the phone has decreased. We send emails instead of letters and tend to send a quick text message instead of calling. While technology has helped us in so many ways (for example, being able to communicate faster) we have lost a lot of the personal touch.

This week, it is time to bring that personal touch back.

One thing technology has done is to make old ways of communication feel that much more special. When you get a hand written letter or a present full of little surprises, you know that person really was thinking of you. They took the time to think about what to write or to fill the box with and then went down to the post office to send it to you. Yes, it would have been 10 times easier and 20 times faster to just send an email, but emails are not nearly as fun. This week, send someone you love a little present, card or flowers for no reason other than to say hi, letting them know you are thinking about them and that you care. It is easy and pretty fun for you to put together, and even more special for the person who receives your surprise.

The picture above is a little gift I received in the mail a couple weeks ago from my best friend that lives far away. To you it may just look like a mug, but it is from my favorite breakfast place about an hour from where she lives in Chicago that we ate at last time I visited her. This means she went all that way back to the restaurant to get this for me and then sent it to me. She is so thoughtful. I use it every day at work and it makes me very happy.

What will you send?