Family Communications

Being the oldest in my family, and having been more or less out of the home for 10 years, I often am a unaware of what is happening at my parents' home. There's the occasional email or phone call, but in general communication has been a little sparse. My parents have been too busy with my younger siblings and my siblings too busy growing up to write often.

For the first time ever, my parents are home with only their 3 youngest children, and as a result, there has been more communication than ever. My dad has been sending out a daily mass email to the 5 of us scattered throughout the country, and my mom has taken to typing a mass letter, hand writing an individual note, and mailing them off to us. That, combined with my sister's handmade cards (which I receive almost weekly) and the other random little letters I get [Matthew sent me an envelope full of Double Bubble, with a handwritten letter on each that spelled out a message] has caused me to be excited about checking the mail for the first time in years, and made me feel like we're all a little closer, despite our physical distance.