Recipient of Friend Threads

     My mail makes me sad.  While others run to their mailbox in the hopes of great catalogs, post cards of world traveling chums and bank statements to make them swoon...I don't even bother.   My mailbox brings me sadness and anger.  Some days it's the things that STILL come in my mother's name even though I have tried so hard to slow them down.  Other days it is full of notices and letters about the things that aren't being paid on time if at all.  If a catalog does come it shows me what I can't buy so I simply throw it in the recycling bin.  Occasionally there is a magazine that still comes for Sally Pugliese because she paid so far into the future.  I thank her as I stand in the kitchen glancing through the pages...the little smile turns into sadness.  Then there are the post cards that come for a man who no longer lives here to remind me of the freedom he has chosen and the traveling he gets to do.  Even at holiday time the once adored cards from friends and family have become little hurts.  Like I said...the mail isn't a fun thing for me.  A far cry from the enjoyment it got me back in the day when pen pals were a plenty and the other bits were good. 
     But yesterday there was an envelope with the most recognizable writing ever....Jenne's.  I wondered if I had forgotten an upcoming birthday event or what she could possibly be thanking me for.  She is known for her thank you cards FOR thank you cards.  She is typically my one good thing in the mail every once and a while.  But this time it was special.  It wasn't a thank you card or an invitation.  It was one of the coolest little cards I have ever seen.  Only she could find one that spoke this way...

The cover read:
     "You are the lucky recipient of friend threads!"

Inside went on to say:
"behold this ribbony bracelet
of friendship!
made from only the finest threads
of unicorn mane,
sparkling glitter, and love,
its 2 knots
are a most dazzling
symbolic statement
of sunshine and sisterhood.
is it fashionable? yes!
incredible? of course.
meaningful? absolutely.
to wear it is to proudly say,
"hello,world! i. have. friends."

(unicorns, glitter and sunshine...c'mon now...she knew those printed words would get me!)

It goes on to say:
"totally cheesy? yes
but come on, you kinda love it."

and she is right.

It's 6:55am and I just put on my little threads.  It is a simple string tied in a bow and reminds me of the days I used to save the bakery twine to make a bracelet.  Other days the pizza string complete with stripes could be a new accessory.  Because if you give me a simple string I will turn it into a bracelet.  

She is thoughtful beyond measure when others don't bother to try.  She always has been.  I am lucky to have her in my sisterhood.  Today's new thing is to wear my friend threads...you know you want one!

(A quiet little P.S. - I will mention that my awesome cousin, Christy, did send a post card from Italy and it is STILL on my fridge because I love it and it makes me smile.)