Roots

Hi. I’m a boy. And I’m a girl. We’re in love. Cute, eh? Anyways, we have different interests that took us to different universities, that are in different cities that are miles and miles apart. Being miles and miles apart can get tricky.

Then one winter’s day, I got a letter in the mail. It made me happy. I only check my mailbox once in a while, and I mostly find pizza coupons and phone bills. It rocked to get a personalized letter, from someone who cared.

I, on the other hand, check my mailbox pretty compulsively. I subscribe to magazines and get invoices from the university, and my grandmother often sends religious paraphernalia. While it’s great to get magazines and all, there’s sometimes a vague sense of disappointment when there’s nothing exciting in the mail. A few months after I sent the boy a letter, long, long after it would have been appropriate for him to respond, it was an out-of-the-blue surprise when I opened my mailbox and he’d sent one back.

Letters that are written to you, (meant just for you!), they make you feel appreciated and awesome! Sure we email and text and call and skype, but getting a letter was rare, unexpected, and gave us warm feelings all over.

So, the moral of the story is…letters can bring people together and make ’em feel appreciated. A moral is no good if you don’t put it to use, so that’s how we got started with Sending Petals. We know a lot of awesome people and wanted to tell them how much we appreciate them. We wanted to send them something as special as they are, but, being students, we couldn’t afford flowers to go with our letters. Another moral from another story is: It’s the thought that counts. Our thought: Let’s call this project sending petals. So. You now know our roots. Become part of the stem!

We bet you know a lot of cool people too. Old teachers, and business owners, and friends that you lost contact with a while ago, but who really made a difference to you.

Keep exploring the website and write one of them a letter. Send them some petals.