CORRESPONDENCE

DEAR ELLERY,

 WILL YOU PLEASE NEVER FORGET HOW SENDING SOMEONE A NOTE CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE THEIR DAY?

REMEMBER HOW LAST WEEK WHEN YOU FOUND A HANDWRITTEN LETTER IN YOUR BOX FROM MRS. SEEGMILLER IT BRIGHTENED YOUR ATTITUDE AND MADE YOU HAPPY TO BE AT SCHOOL. AND REALIZE THE POWER THOSE WORDS STILL HAVE, AND WHY THAT'S THE REASON YOU'RE STILL CARRYING THAT LETTER WITH YOU IN YOUR PURSE. LEARN FROM MRS. SEEGMILLER, SEND A NOTE WHEN YOU FEEL SO INCLINED WHETHER IT'S TO THANK, OR APOLOGIZE, WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OR SAY HI.

DON'T FORGET HOW IN COLLEGE YOUR ADORABLE ROOMMATE WOULD LEAVE YOU NOTES ON YOUR CAR THAT WOULD MAKE YOU LAUGH AND SMILE. 

ALWAYS REMEMBER THE WAY YOU CRIED WHEN YOU FOUND A LETTER WAITING AT HOME FOR YOU WHEN BJ WAS OUT OF TOWN.

REMEMBER HOW YOUR ROOMMATE MADE A BOOK OF ALL THE CARDS AND NOTES SHE'S EVER RECIEVED BECAUSE THEY MEANT THAT MUCH TO HER.

THINK OF LETTERS AND CARDS LIKE SMILES. IT'S EASY TO GIVE EM AWAY- AND THEY WILL NO DOUBT BRIGHTEN SOMEONE'S DAY.

DON'T FORGET THE LETTERS THAT YOUR DAD WROTE TO YOU EVERY CHRISTMAS-AND HOW HIS HONEST AND ELOQUENT WORDS SOFTENED YOUR HEART AND SET THE TONE FOR A COZY HOLIDAY AT HOME.

THINK BACK ON THE HUNDREDS OF CARDS SENT AT CHRISTMAS TIME. YOU KNOW ALL TOO WELL HOW STRESSFUL THEY ARE TO SEND, TRACKING DOWN THE CORRECT ADDRESSES IS A PROCESS TO DETER EVEN THE STRONGEST OF WILL- BUT DON'T FORGET THE FEELING THAT COMES WHEN YOU OPEN A CARD AND SEE THE NAME OF SOMEONE YOU LOVE.

NEVER, EVER, EVER, UNDERESTIMATE THAT POWER THAT A CHEERFUL WORD, COMPLIMENT, OR GREETING HAS.

DON'T RUSH TOO QUICKLY THROUGH THE DAY THAT YOU DON'T LEAVE A NOTE ON SOMEONE'S BLOG, OR QUICKLY RESPOND THANK YOU TO THE RECIPE YOUR SISTER SENT.

NEVER NEGLECT THE SINCERITY OF CORRESPONDENCE BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

SINCERELY,

MRS. PUGMIRE