We don't have household mail delivery where I am... so it is a trip to the PO Box. I do a silent 'WooHoo!' when I see a letter(s) in the box. I try to read them in the car, but if I have the kids with me, or I walked to the post office, I hold off until we are home (and the kids are busy playing) before I open them. I read it through and then put it aside until I can sit down and reply, when I will re-read them as I am typing/writing back to them.

I check my mail box every day (execpt weekends, cause there is no mail then ...). When I have a letter from my pp, I get this big smile on my face. I open the envelope, but I wait untill I'm inside the appartment to read the letter. I read it two or three times and then I start to write him a letter back . Now he's in many different programs for his education, work release, parenting classes... So the letters I get are much shorter and it used to be one letter a week, now one letter a month or two months. I'm glad and proud of him putting lots of effort in these programs but I miss the long conversations through our letters

If it's after 11:30am I know the mail lady has already come by. If I'm home I just about sprint to my mailbox, forgetting my shoes most of the time and burning them up on the concrete. Then I run back inside, immediately rip it open, read it, and then reply to it all at the same time. I also have a gigantic binder I have with all the letters, envelopes, pictures, etc in sheet protectors, all in order.

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If it's after 11:30am I know the mail lady has already come by. If I'm home I just about sprint to my mailbox, forgetting my shoes most of the time and burning them up on the concrete. Then I run back inside, immediately rip it open, read it, and then reply to it all at the same time. I also have a gigantic binder I have with all the letters, envelopes, pictures, etc in sheet protectors, all in order.

Originally Posted by timeto_waste

If it's after 11:30am I know the mail lady has already come by. If I'm home I just about sprint to my mailbox, forgetting my shoes most of the time and burning them up on the concrete. Then I run back inside, immediately rip it open, read it, and then reply to it all at the same time. I also have a gigantic binder I have with all the letters, envelopes, pictures, etc in sheet protectors, all in order.

me too!! i'm on binder #3 now.

it must be something about louisiana. we're so smart no matter what the studies on our education system say!

Like Moxie, I read the letter in the car at the post office

I arrive home from work at 15h, and as soon as I get out of the car I run to the mailbox. I jump from happiness for few seconds until I realize I´m not alone, and I enter the house, rush to the garden or a room where I can be alone and open it, see how long it is, and start reading. At that moment everyone knows that nothing can bother me for a long time and that my goofy smile will be difficult to take away during the coming weeks (contrary to when I don´t receive letters, which makes me a bit irritable).

Originally Posted by SwedeGirl

I always go to the bathroom when I get home, if I have received a letter then I bring it with me and open it when I'm sitting on the loo.

Same here! Haha, it's one of the most peaceful places in my house!

Originally Posted by Sammybee

Same here! Haha, it's one of the most peaceful places in my house!

Ladies what you should do is have a writing room like Silas...........he is so spoiled

Originally Posted by fee

Ladies what you should do is have a writing room like Silas...........he is so spoiled

Writing room? Sounds like a great idea, we all need one!

Originally Posted by Taivas

Writing room? Sounds like a great idea, we all need one!

I kept thinking the last few days...what to do with the extra room in my house, since my son has moved out