The last time I received a postcard was in fifth grade from my teacher who was on summer vacation in Australia. This was over twenty years ago back when postcards where more popular than they are today.

I remember my dad coming into the house after he checked the mail with a whole bunch of papers, magazines, letters, bills, and one special postcard. He looked through everything and started sorting them out into “trash” and “keep” piles when he came across the postcard.

He turned it over to see who it was addressed to and saw my name at the top. Looking a little surprised, he passed it over to me.

His first question was, “Who is it from?” I replied that it was from my fifth grade teacher at school.

Nodding his head in approval, he turned his attention back to the rest of the mail. I took the postcard and ran into my room.

Even though I was only in fifth grade and I did not have anything to keep secret, getting that postcard made me feel special and I did not want anyone else looking over my shoulder trying to read it before me. I closed the door to my room and sat down on my bed with the card.

My teacher had beautiful handwriting which I think is a requirement for every teacher. If they are going to teach us how to write, they had better be able to produce model handwriting on the board at school.

It was just a few short sentences that covered half of one side of the card, but considering how many students she had in her class that year, I figured her hand must have gotten No prescription cialis tired from writing so much and she did not want to spend her entire vacation keeping in touch with her students. It started out with some sort of generic greeting, but she had included my name which was so cool to me.

It showed that she put some effort into it and personalized every one of her students’ cards. Not many people would have taken the time to do such a thing.

The next couple of sentences went on to say what a great time she was having in Australia and that she could not wait to come back to school and show us all of the stuff she bought. She then closed the note with a reminder to keep reading throughout the summer and that she would see me in a couple of weeks.

I turned the card over and saw a picture of some kangaroos in the desert. The desert was not so pretty, but it was a really cool picture of the kangaroos.

I looked for a safe place to put my card so that my younger brothers and sisters would not find it and tear it up. Settling on my trunk in the closet, I opened it up and put the postcard in there.

Looking back on this experience, I realized how important it was to me to get that postcard. It was something that was personally written for me and it showed that someone had taken time out of their day to show me that I was special to them.

I have gotten a few letters since then, but most of the communication has been through texts, emails, and the occasional phone call. Times have definitely changed.

Now, we do everything over the computer and the internet because it is faster and also easier than to sit down and write a letter or a postcard. People Cialis Professional no longer want to take the time to write anything, they much rather type it all down in an email.

I think we should bring back the act of writing letters and postcards and start using them more often. Instead of “shooting off an email” that takes you about two minutes to type, put a little bit more effort into your communication with friends, family members, and other distant relatives.

Besides showing them that you cared enough to send them a note, it is also a hard copy that they keep and save. Writing out a note on paper is much more meaningful to everyone and they will appreciate it a lot more.

Author Bio: Tom Selwick has worked as a marketer for the past 18 years and written hundreds of articles about marketing and direct mail and fulfillment services.

Contact Info:
Tom Selwick
Tom Selwick09@gmail.com
http://www.vgsllc.com/

Category: Business/Advertising
Keywords: direct mail and fulfillment services