twenty-five | day 19 – moment of silence for the men in (mostly) blue

christmas cards are sent

holiday cheer's in the mail

wishing joy and peace

No, i'm not talking about cops (although im sure they deserve a moment of silence too). No, i'm talking about the postal workers. As we find ourselves in the final week before christmas, nearly gone are the days of christmas letters and cards (well, cards still remain to a certain extent). Those days are now replaced by the advent of amazon prime and the HSN. Now instead of getting a nice, thoughtfully written christmas card from grandma, she's sending you a weightlifting set, shipped in 2 days through amazon. And guess who's the lucky fellas who get to carry said weightlifting set to your front door? That's right, the US postal service. Of course, these days there are no longer holiday fruitcakes and stuff like that. These days, with businesses like amazon, ebay, and macys/ nordstrom/ buy.com hawking their wares on the interwebs, well, mr. postal worker is suddenly overworked. That and Fido still wants a piece of him too (hey somethings never change).

So as we're a few days away from christmas, let's have a moment of silence for mr. postman.