While I have not been keeping up with the blog particularly well, I am pleased to say that I have been keeping up with the letters! This week letters have been penned to: an old friend, a stranger, a teacher, a family member, and a dog breeder. I have to credit Nat with the idea for that last one. It's not that I feel any particular love for the dog breeder. It's the dog I love. And, I suppose, I could write a love letter to Corydon. But a big part of the joy of this month's challenge is in imagining the response of each person as they read their letter. Cor, for all her perfection, cannot read. But Fran, her breeder, can, and I hope she will enjoy a random letter waxing rhapsodic over one of her dogs.
You may wonder how I go about choosing my letter recipients. I'll tell you, there is no method to it. I do have a small list of people who I definitely want to get to before month's end-- but that list is full of the major players in my life and it's not every night that I am up for a letter of the significance they deserve. Instead, I am just going with what is on my heart at the moment. Sometimes what is on my heart, is exhaustion, the need for a short and sweet missive to let me check "letter writing" off my list for the day. Sometimes the events of the day will bring a person to mind, like a wonderful choir rehearsal the other day that inspired me to write to my high school choral director. Frequently, the people I am pulled to write to, are those who are not in my life on a daily basis right now. The people I miss. The people who continue to affect me, even at a distance.
There are so many people in this world to love. And so many ways to feel that love.
I am enjoying this month.
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