"Happy Mail"...is not to "Happy" anymore...

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I miss the days when we used to get snail mail from our friends, and/or loved ones. Oh... Don't get me wrong... We still get the occasional Christmas, birthday and/or anniversary card. And even then...this has been cut down to size with all the "e-cards" that are available today. Remember when you use to get a handwritten letter from your grandma, aunt, uncle, cousin, and/or distant friend/relative? To me...that was a sign that they really cared about you, because they had to sit down and take the time to write it. Now we have all kinds of social media sites, e-cards, and email accounts, that makes the effort seems almost non-existent. Even getting personal phone calls just to see how you are doing, and/or what you are up to, is becoming extinct. The only time you hear from anyone these days is...if they need a favor and/or want something out of you. Oh having all these "express" media options, are great in that...now we will probably hear from people, that we might have not otherwise heard from, and/or if we did...there would be a great-divide between each occurrence, called "time"... But the point is... We had something to look forward to when the mail arrived, besides advertisements and/or bills. I can remember getting excited going to the mailbox, because you never knew who you were going to hear from... I doubt anyone now jumps for joy, to rush to their mailbox to get a handful of bills and/or advertisments. In fact, there are times now...I will wait for days to go to my mailbox to retrieve my mail. Because I always seem to walk away saying..."nutten'''...nutten but bills and junk mail... Sigh... That is why...when I do get an occasional package and/or card, my heart does a little "happy dance" inside... I have come to call it..."happy mail"... Because let's be honest here. Did it not make you happy when you got a personal letter in the mail/package from someone, who took the time to think of you? Even getting a postcard, was fun. Even though the likelihood of ever getting a personal letter from anyone again, is probably never going to happen; looking back at the old ones were nice. I know my statement of "losing all my possessions"...is getting old to some of you; but according to my doctors, getting the memories out, no matter how painful, and/or repetitious they may appear to be...begins the healing process. To not have one photo, postcard, letter, gift and/or anything else, anyone has ever sent you in your life anymore...can be very traumatic to deal with... I now understand how others feel when they have lost everything they owned through a catastrophe like; fires, hurricanes, floods, tornados, thefts, etc. Losing all your possessions is very much like experiencing an "actual" death. But not that of someone else, but of your own. Because...like the death of someone you love, there is no longer anything tangible to hold on to...or reminiscence with... And I had a lot over the years. I had tangible memories to cherish from my friendships with family/friends, who are not on this planet anymore. And even the memories from others who are still here, but their lives are too busy to take the time to make new ones, are gone. Now what is left...is what I can think of in my head. And as time passes on...those memories become few, and/or far between. For everyone the healing time is different. Up until now... I was able to live just fine on my own. Because of my gift to be creative... All I had to do was look at something someone gave me, and in my mind...they were right there with me again. As if they never left... Yeah... I miss it... I miss getting my "happy mail"... Oh well... Let me stop circling the airport, and land this plane... LOL I just appreciate all of you who took the time to listen.