a note

Day 13: Write A Letter to Your Best Friend...Forget e-anything. On actual paper with an actual pen, write a letter to your best friend. Include the nice things you tend to think about her character, thank her for helping you through this stupid breakup thus far, and talk about how much she means to you. Buy an actual stamp, and put the addressed envelope into an actual mailbox. You’ll be bawling into five separate Kleenexes by the end of this exercise, but you’ll also have a handle on the ingredients for the glue that holds a good relationship together. Gentleness. Trust. Unconditional love. Honesty. Forgiveness. You know now that he wasn’t equipped with the things you need. Why expect less out of your lover than you do a best friend? Sit with that thought for a moment.

I love handwritten notes and cards...I love getting unexpected mail from someone I love. Today I wrote a note to Smash. My sister is my best friend, my confidant, my shoulder...she is an incredible person whom without I would not be the same. I think sometimes we treat strangers better than we treat the people we love the most...we take them for granted and just assume they will always be there...we forget to say please and thank you...we forget to say I love you. Write to someone you love, and tell them...they will appreciate it.