So Easy
We are so liking the Priority Mail boxes. With just a few minutes to print out the address mailers, the prepared box can be dropped off at the Post Office to do their thing within seconds. It would be great to jump in the car and deliver it in person, but five hours one way is just too much for us right now. I don’t think Dennis’ great granddaughters will mind having a box to open.
Years back, when Orlin and I lived in Riesel, Texas, receiving mail from Minnesota families and friends was a great treat. Riesel being a small friendly town, everyone knew everyone else as strangers were not easily drawn to settle in Riesel. When we moved into town we were as popular as buttered toast. Everyone greeted us as long lost cousins and they knew as much about us in short order, much like a family member. With all that being known, it stilled surprised us when on Christmas morning there was a knock on the door. The postmaster hand delivered Christmas packages that had been mailed a bit too late back in Minnesota to make it to Riesel on an ordinary delivery day. Small town service to the max. There is no way that would happen today.
In the early 1960s there was no Priority Mail – only snail mail. It still astounds me today how fast mail can travel, right down to getting an email as to when it was delivered. Excitement over what the mail can deliver will never be diminished. The kids in Silver Bay will be surprised with the unexpected delivery.