Writing letters and cards photo by Aleksandar Pavlovic Back in December 2012, Deki, Aki & me moved to our new house in Northampton, England. We were still unpacking our boxes from Warsaw and waiting for furniture to be delivered when on our first evening in the house I heard a flap from our mailing box making that specific sound when the letter is dropped. I went to the entrance door and found a little envelop with a card saying: ''Welcome to Collingwood Road, We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Heather & Gerry from house No. XY'' What a nice surprise and warm welcome! In the following days we received Christmas cards from all our first (and second) door neighbours, without having a chance to meet them or know their faces. For the next three years we regularly exchanged cards with nice English ladies and kept that heart-warming tradition. So far there is nothing very interesting in my story as if you happen to be in UK during the Christmas season, you'll know that millions of cards have been sent every year as Brits probably invented these and if not, then at least they mastered the tradition of writing cards for every occasion. But this is where it suddenly becomes interesting ... When our second son Matthew was on a way, we've decided to move back to Belgrade and have left England again in December just before Christmas. As our first door neighbours, Aileen and Sheila, were so kind to us and our son Ian, buying him Christmas and birthday gifts and knitting the cutest baby jumpers when he was born, I wanted to send them a card from Belgrade saying all three of us with Aki relocated safely back home. Ever since, Aileen who is 98 years old now is writing me letters for Christmas. And every year I receive the letter from her, I get so touched by her kind words, nice wishes and short report from our ex neighbourhood that it fills my heart with warmth and my eyes with tears.
And this is what the Christmas is all about: giving and caring for others. It's about kids and their smiles, about family and empathy. It seems that nowadays we forgot not only to write letters but also to feel for each other. Dear Aileen and Sheila, I do hope this post will find you in good health. I'm writing my letter to you and sending new photos of boys. Aki is no longer with us, he is in heaven now as Ian would say. Lots of love from us all xxx
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Kristina Burton
10/12/2018 01:39:15
What a lovely Xmas post!
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Mama Marija
13/12/2018 12:40:36
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