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My family likes sending mail.  My mama’s mom, Granny, likes sending us cards for holidays and special occasions or newspaper clippings that might interest us.  My parents send a few care packages to the three of us while we’re at school.  Before my sister went to college, she helped Mama and Daddy pick out stuff to put in our boxes, and I once ended up receiving candy, a Batman notebook (complete with a note written in crayon from Jess), pencils and a mousepad that match the decor of the room Amber and I share, mail that had been sent to my parents’ house, some parachute Army men, and a garden gnome — all in one box.  I sent Jess a box with candy in a plush pumpkin basket, a stuffed owl bearing the name of my college, a coloring book and colored pencils, and some body butter from Target.  Needless to say, we are used to getting strange things in the mail.  However, Granny managed to top the list the other day by sending me a simple Valentine’s Day card.

I checked my mail on Monday and found two pieces of mail:  a new insurance card and updated tags for my car (Thanks, Daddy!) and a card from Granny.  I opened my Valentine’s Day card and noticed there was a tiiiny yellow Post It stuck to a newspaper clipping no bigger than an inch across.  I read the Post It (“FYI:  I’ve been carrying this around since Thanksgiving!”) to see “NURSED KIDS STAY FIT” at the top of the clipping.  Underneath, it said, “Babies that are breastfed  are less likely to become obese later in life.”

Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too, and thanks for the newsflash?  I just don’t even understand.

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