There was a challenge I saw on FB (I think) to participate in writing a letter a day for every day in the month of April and I accepted the challenge.  Thirty letters in thirty days.  I wrote on my calendar for the entire month who I would write to and I tried hard to stick to it.  Only one day did I forget to write the letter so the next day I did two.  I sent them to a myriad of family and old friends.  Each grandchild who is old enough to read, my mother and mother in law, even my ex mother in law.  Some letters were harder than others.  But in each one I strove to tell the person how much they meant to me, the blessings they brought to my life and something I admired about them.  Let me tell you, I was astounded at the responses I received.  Some wrote me back, some did not.  But most sent me some sort of message via text or a phone call to tell me how much that letter had meant to them.  I think my kids thought I was dying or something!!  The movie P.S. I Love You kept coming in to the conversation, I guess I will have to see it!  But it made me realize how healing our words can be, and how necessary it is to let people know how special they are and how much they mean to us.  I will be honest,  my current mother in law was the hardest and she was one of those who made sure to tell me how much it meant to her.   She said, "I don't know what I have done to deserve this".  WOW! 

I love to write letters and one a day was a little challenging even for me, but I plan to do this again.  I may make every April my month to reach out and write those letters.  But for sure, I will make the point of telling each and every one who touches my life, how very special they are and how important they are to my world.  I would like to challenge you to do the same.