I have never lived in the same province as my only niece but she and I have a special bond. Since she was two years old I have written her a letter every week!
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We refer to them as my Thursday letters because my day off used to be Thursday and the first thing I would do would be to write to Brooke. She is ten now and quite grown up, but I continue to cherish the times when I write to her. I have only missed six Thursdays in eight years; because of a mail strike and a hospital stay.
When Brooke was four she was talking with my mom. "Auntie Steph writes me a letter every week," she said
"That's a lot of letters," my mom replied. "What does she write about?"
"Well ..." Brooke thought about it. "She tells me that she loves me! Sometimes she says it long and sometimes she says it short!"
She was absolutely right! She saw the love right through the envelope, past the stickers and addressed to her heart!
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- Posted by revstephmc
- Mar 27, 2012
- Comments (20)
Readers Comments
moral12 wrote: How cute! She certainly interpreted your letters in the correct manner. Thanks for sharing your love with her, and, your story with US. Kudos to you!
Bluebell wrote: That is really sweet. I am a letter writer too, I know very well how powerful a letter can be ... especially love letter. Love and Light and Endless Blessings, Bluebell
bluxess wrote: What a beautiful habit of love ... :-) Thank you for being the guardian angel for Brooke ... I am sure she loves you very deeply :-) Immense Blessings to you, Bluxess.
MakeSomeoneSmile wrote: That is wonderful. I am sure it means so much more to you than she ever could tell you. Bless you for keeping it going!
MARG wrote: What a beautiful idea to write letters to a child. I will do that now with my two grandchildren which i love very, very much. Thank you!
LN wrote: I love that story. How special!
Synergy wrote: This is such a lovely story and a wonderful way of gifting a child with such a precious gift to know that she can rely on someone's love for her. Thank you very much for sharing your consistency in love with us.
Stephanie wrote: I want to thank everyone who has commented and encouraged me. Brooke is eleven now and we have gone through a year-long struggle and estrangement and yet, i continue to write. She is finally ready to read the letters that my mom has kept for her and she cried when she read them and she said to my mom picking up the handfulls of letters, "through it all, aunt steph still loves me. " the connection built over the long term has created a bridge ovber troubled waters.
Mujeeb Ahmed wrote: I am really happy to read that story :)
Sharmishtha wrote: Haha. So lovely! Lots of blessings for brooke and steph :) :)
