11Y.O Girl Befriends Mail Carrier By Sending Letters, Teaches Everyone The Importance Of Human Connection During These Tough Times
One of the most important things that help us stay sane during the lockdown is human connection. We all need emotional support from our family, friends, neighbors, and other people in our lives. However, being trapped in our homes makes keeping touch with others a seemingly impossible task. Though, it may be much easier than you think. Take it from an 11-year-old girl named Emerson, who found a way to stay connected with people by using letters. According to her father, Emerson has a serious letter-writing habit. To keep in touch with people she cares about, the little girl decided to write them letters while on lockdown. After realizing that it would not be possible without the help of an essential worker, Doug, who is her local mail carrier, Emerson got an idea to show her gratitude. She wrote a beautiful letter thanking him and received something quite unexpected–letters from various postal workers across the country! Read her story below.
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Share on FacebookI love this because I sent my first letter in months yesterday (I’m a teenager, I din’t need to send letters.) love the Sesame Street stamps
Queen that is so cool. Keep sending those letters. Phones may die and text messages can't be saved forever, letters can. Go ask your mom or dad if they saved any of their "notes" from back in the day.... I bet you'll make them smile, and maybe they'll show you some. ;)
Load More Replies...I had several penpals as a child and I LOVED it! I wish adult life hadn't gotten in the way of continuing but it happens. I hope she ends up with a few continuing throughout her life, living life with others, even if they never see each other.
https://www.marthastewart.com/1538505/how-to-find-pen-pal
Load More Replies...This thing just made me realize I haven't sent anything to some of my friends in a while. I used to live out in the middle of nowhere (farther than I am now) and cellphone reception wasn't reliable. I did cards and letters, something I've gotten away from since I've moved back to somewhere closer to technology. Hats off to Emmerson, and I hope that she still keeps her letter writing when/if her parents get her a phone. Hats off to her parents who encourage their wonderful child to do what she wants and send what she wants, despite it seeming like an archaic form of communication nowadays.
A Thousand likes for this post and endless ripples outward from Em's sweet gestures.
I live in the countryside, the mailman fixes evertything here ,from booze to medicine. I always put out a bag with buns for him when I have baked :)
I so needed this! I remember as a child the excitement to receive mail, addressed to you! And I am sure Em feels the same way. I never get to see my letter carrier, it is a shared mailbox, and you have to have a key, so I never know when they come. But I am going to try and do something nice for him/her.
I'm from Australia and I'm gonna write to Emerson, too! Come on, Bored Pandas, let's give her a thrill and send her letters (and stamps to collect) from all corners of the globe - care of Sara Bell at the USPS of course. 4709 S Technopolis Dr, Sioux Falls, SD 57106, USA. What a positive inspiration this little girl is - an example to us all to think of others and not just ourselves during this time.
I love this because I sent my first letter in months yesterday (I’m a teenager, I din’t need to send letters.) love the Sesame Street stamps
Queen that is so cool. Keep sending those letters. Phones may die and text messages can't be saved forever, letters can. Go ask your mom or dad if they saved any of their "notes" from back in the day.... I bet you'll make them smile, and maybe they'll show you some. ;)
Load More Replies...I had several penpals as a child and I LOVED it! I wish adult life hadn't gotten in the way of continuing but it happens. I hope she ends up with a few continuing throughout her life, living life with others, even if they never see each other.
https://www.marthastewart.com/1538505/how-to-find-pen-pal
Load More Replies...This thing just made me realize I haven't sent anything to some of my friends in a while. I used to live out in the middle of nowhere (farther than I am now) and cellphone reception wasn't reliable. I did cards and letters, something I've gotten away from since I've moved back to somewhere closer to technology. Hats off to Emmerson, and I hope that she still keeps her letter writing when/if her parents get her a phone. Hats off to her parents who encourage their wonderful child to do what she wants and send what she wants, despite it seeming like an archaic form of communication nowadays.
A Thousand likes for this post and endless ripples outward from Em's sweet gestures.
I live in the countryside, the mailman fixes evertything here ,from booze to medicine. I always put out a bag with buns for him when I have baked :)
I so needed this! I remember as a child the excitement to receive mail, addressed to you! And I am sure Em feels the same way. I never get to see my letter carrier, it is a shared mailbox, and you have to have a key, so I never know when they come. But I am going to try and do something nice for him/her.
I'm from Australia and I'm gonna write to Emerson, too! Come on, Bored Pandas, let's give her a thrill and send her letters (and stamps to collect) from all corners of the globe - care of Sara Bell at the USPS of course. 4709 S Technopolis Dr, Sioux Falls, SD 57106, USA. What a positive inspiration this little girl is - an example to us all to think of others and not just ourselves during this time.
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