The Boni Bunch: Resolution Update

Friday, March 22, 2013

Resolution Update

For those of you just tuning in, my 2013 New Years Resolution was to write one letter a week and send it via snail mail...otherwise known as the good ol' United States Postal Service!!

How cool is it to get REAL mail in your mailbox?? Not the junk mail of ads and catalogs, and not bills that we HAVE to look at, but the FUN, real-life mail.... a letter from a friend that says, "Hello, I'm thinking about you!"

So, I have resolved to make this year MY year to brighten the day of 52 friends! I have- so far- sent out my 10 letters... Brayden, Brandi, Shawna, Rachel, Sandi, Amanda, Raeanne, and Allison have all received their letters, but Cathey and ----- haven't as of yet. (silly me, I had the wrong address for Cathey, so we're waiting for the good ol' USPS to locate her new home...LOL) I dashed out the 2nd name because I don't want that person to see their name here before it comes in the mail...it'll take away the surprise!

But, I wanted to share a couple of the things people have said when getting their mail:

"Just got your letter! Thank you. Getting mail is so much fun and I love your commitment to writing! Have a great day my friend and thank you again- you made my day!"

"Awe Rachel, thank you so very much for the sweetest card I think I have ever gotten! It has been a really rough week and your words of encouragement were such a blessing!! God used you today to lift my spirit!!!! Thank you!!!! Love you!"

"I am honored to be part of your resolution! Thank you so much!"

I am loving this resolution... I am loving writing letters... and I am LOVING that I can make someone smile just by checking their mailbox!! This is, perhaps, the BEST New Years Resolution ever!!!

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Dr. Jill E. SteeleyMarch 23, 2013 at 7:50 AM
What a thoughtful idea,Rachel! That should inspire all of us to take a few minutes on a regular basis to make someone's day.

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You know you're a mom if...

...if kids songs are the ones stuck in your head (from Renee)
...if you realize your kids are 3 years old and it is time to start carrying a normal purse and no longer the diaper bag as your purse (from Renee)
...if you find kid's food in your purse or toys (from Renee)
...if you know every episode of spongebob!! (from Michelle)
...if your kids are bathed, fed, and dressed while you are famished and unbathed in your PJ's...And then at that point you have to say screw it, because you cant leave them unattended in the house long enough to take a quick shower, so you pray tomorrow is a better day! (from Jackie & Jennifer)
...if you walk through the halls of your local kindergarten and all the kids start saluting you because they have been informed you are the President of Oklahoma (yes thats right, Oklahoma, not the United States) (from Jennifer)
...if you go to work and have a coworker tell you you have something on your shirt and you look at it only to find that one of your children has used your shirt as a kleenex (from Rachael)
...if you can hug and kiss a child whose breath smells worse than a dragon's after he/she has been throwing up for most of the day and night. And, not throw up yourself in the process (from Marla)
...if the school principal calls you because your child brought your bra to their kindergarten class for show and tell (from Jennifer)
...if your extended relatives know which parts of your body have hair and which ones dont because it was your childs topic of choice at a Christmas (from Jennifer)
...if you don't mind if your kids drink out of your glass and you will still drink from it too (from Marcia)
...if your living room looks more like a play area for kids than a nice place to entertain guests (mine)
...if you have a funny story (funny now, but not at the time)...how your son passing gas during a diaper change managed to shoot a poo ball on your cheek! (from Sandi)
...if you see your parents in a whole new light! (from Katrina)
...if you carry a diaper bag as a purse (from Kelly)
...if you have items in your purse that would normally be found in a baby's room or diaper bag (from Wendy)
...if nasty bodily fluids don't bother you; OR if you have other children spit their gum into your hand when they're done! (from Candace)
...if your belly gradually got huge over 9 months. Then you suddenly had a bunch of pain followed by a human coming out of you! (from Elizabeth)
...if you start saying the phrase, "Because I said so!" and it may be to a coworker, not your children! (from Melanie)
...if you can change a dirty diaper and not get the dry heaves because it looks like pea soup & smells worse (from Diana)
...if you will eat something out of your child's mouth that they refuse to eat. (from Courtney)
...if you find Cheerios in the bottom of your purse, couch, vehicle... (from Sahar)
...if You're stopped in walmart by a nice lady who says.."Excuse me, miss....you have some cheerios stuck to your butt" (from Kym)
...if your printer mysteriously quits working a week after you buy it. You send it in for under warranty repairs and Lexmark sends it back with a note that has a Barbie shoe taped to it and all it says is we found the problem (from Amanda)
...if most of your shirts are stained on the shoulder (from droop & goop)
...if you keep a box of baby wipes in the car...just in case
...if you pull something out of your purse and a baby sock falls out
...if your dishwasher has no real cups...all sippy cups & bottles

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