{"id":2414,"date":"2002-06-28T06:40:07","date_gmt":"2002-06-28T11:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2002-06-28T06:40:07","modified_gmt":"2002-06-28T11:40:07","slug":"fortunately_we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/28\/fortunately_we.html","title":{"rendered":"Fortunately we don’t have a day named Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the Friday Five<\/a> …<\/p>\n

When was the last time you…<\/b><\/p>\n

1. …sent a handwritten letter? <\/b><\/p>\n

After we visited with Tracy last Christmas, she told us about her mom’s cancer. Tracy does not seem to have a huge support network, and she was providing a lot of support herself to her mom. <\/p>\n

So I wanted to be supportive. Heaven knows there have been times in my life when getting a word or two, unexpected, from a friend, was (or would have been) an incredible pick-me-up.<\/p>\n

I am not a phone person. I would rather let all my friends drift off in a burning oil tanker than rely on using the phone to keep in touch with them. My bad, but there you go.<\/p>\n

E-mail? Tracy is a few years behind the curve on the e-mail thing, where “few” equals “twenty.” If I send an e-mail to her, she might not see it for weeks, if not longer.<\/p>\n

So that’s left Real Mail. I’ve been sending her post cards, pretty much every two weeks. Doesn’t take a lot of writing, but I knwo it’s the thought that counts. Really.<\/p>\n

I am, without a doubt, the world’s worst correspondant. Send me something, I’ll probably reply — so long as it’s within 48 hours. Wait for me to send you something, and you might see whether you win the Lottery first.<\/p>\n

That I have managed to keep this up for several months is as amazing as if I had been actually calling her. Really.<\/p>\n

2. …baked something from scratch or made something by hand?<\/b> <\/p>\n

Since I am married to the avatar of whomever the Muse of Cooking is, I don’t get into the kitchen much, except in a back-up role. <\/p>\n

That usually suits me fine, being a lazy cuss, but it’s also fun to make something and have people ooh and aah over it. Give me a recipe and I’m all over it. I make some very nice desserts, probably last time being about three or four months ago. I am on tap to whip up a batch of chicken biryani this week, too.<\/p>\n

3. …camped in a tent?<\/b> <\/p>\n

Um … last weekend?<\/p>\n

4. …volunteered your time to church, school, or community?<\/b> <\/p>\n

I actually volunteer a fair amount for our church. Not as much as that nagging shoulder-mounted angel with the pitchfork (yeah, go figure) keeps telling me I should, but I do.<\/p>\n

\n5. …helped a stranger?<\/b> <\/p>\n

Hmmmm. I’m usually pretty open to helping strangers, especially with giving directions. I evidently have a big sign on me somewhere, in several different languages, indicating that I Know Where I Am, Where I’m Going, and How You Can Know Where You’re Going, Too, since I seem to be frequently asked just that thing.<\/p>\n

Got it. We were looking at vacuum cleaners at CostCo. Another couple was, too. I offered them my copy of Consumer Reports. They accepted, but disagreed with the review and bought what they wanted to anyway. <\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, another guy who was walking by us a few minutes later offered us advice on vacuums, too.<\/p>\n

Still haven’t bought one, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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