E-mail = Smile!

It's funny how easy it is to make me smile. I get an e-mail from a friend, and I am so happy to hear from them, out the smile comes. I guess it is partly due to the fact that we are separated by so many of our friends both geographically and by normal life. In both cases, we don't see them as much as we like.

I liken my e-mails with friends as the modern day passing of notes. In middle school we wrote rambling missives and folded them into origami to pass in the hall between classes. There is no folding now, but I still find myself passing virtual notes to my friends. Little one-liners and longer messages keep me in touch with their lives and I don't feel so far removed.

And so, the messages I receive make me smile. It makes me happy to be in touch with people that I care so much about. I want to be a part of their lives even when we don't see one another. Keep writing! I will, too, and hopefully we will all get to smile.