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Want to receive a hand written letter from the farm?

1/5/2015

22 Comments

 
I have a fear of mailboxes.  stamps.  envelopes.  letters.

The most fearful day of my life began when I was 5 years old and I found a letter tucked into an envelope with the blue tinted security lining.  It was the day that I went from living in a two parent home to one.  Later in life I opened a similar envelope that turned me into what I said I'd never become-a divorced woman.  I can still see both crinkled envelopes, feel and smell the paper.

Years later I know that those moments helped make me who I am today-however painful they were in the moment.  I'm offered grace and so are you.  Too often we attach fear to something that in a positive light can be powerfully liberating, rewarding, blessed.  I've been attending counseling over the last few months and through story telling, healing, connecting to God in a more authentic way and seeking more truth in life I finally feel strong enough to overcome some of my greatest fears.  Ironically (or as silly as it sounds) mail is one of those fears for me.  An apology to everyone I've made mail things for me in the past.

Earlier this summer I asked if  some of you would send me snail mail.  Many of you did and I'm thankful.  It brought great healing to my life.  If you are interested in doing that now I'll offer our mailing address:

395 Hickory Lane
Scottsville, Kentucky
42164

But now, stronger-I'd like to write you a letter.

Not just any letter, but a letter from the heart.

Everyone who leaves a comment on this blog post will receive a letter the week of January 12th 2015 written especially for them.  I'll write it on real paper, put it in a real envelope, write your address on it myself, and then put a stamp that I purchase on it all by myself.  I'll walk slowly to the mailbox questioning my decision, wonder what in the world I was thinking, and with shaking hands I'll open the mailbox and drop it in, then after closing it I'll take a deep breath and sigh knowing that something I've avoided for far too long wasn't meant to be avoided forever.  I'll thank you, dear friend.

Would you like me to write you a hand written letter full of deep and meaningful thoughts scattered amongst simple happenings from daily life on the farm?  If so, leave a comment below including contact information (either your mailing address or another form of contact).
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22 Comments
Dana Bennett
1/5/2015 09:52:36 am

Michelle, every personal and fb and email conversation is so real, my relationship with you is so real, i challenge you to add a new word to our vocabulary together in an envelope with a forever stamp. Forever.

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Erica Marsh
1/5/2015 11:55:05 am

Dana, your reply made me tear up! Michelle, this is such an open and honest blog. I love reading it and watching your life unfold.

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Ashley Scott
1/5/2015 09:55:00 am

1590 Grinstead Way, Bowling Green, Ky 42103

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Natalie boddeker
1/5/2015 10:00:53 am

288 Boddeker Way
Bowling Green, KY 42104

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sly
1/5/2015 10:02:50 am

Michelle,
Our IM'S have been business, personal and insightful.
Real pen and paper life accounts have an intimacy that is amiss on an electronic exchange.
I would enjoy being cross-county pen pals!
Letter writing is a lost art and one that I have been missing.

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Kelly Ogles
1/5/2015 10:05:44 am

56 Prescott Court
Bowling Green, KY 42101

I just recently found your blogs and love that you are overcoming your fears!

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Emily
1/5/2015 10:08:22 am

1371 High Street
Bowling Green KY 42101

Beautiful and brave! We can be pen pals. Pen pals that see each other most days, but pen pals. :)

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Laura Wright
1/5/2015 10:13:36 am

You were my first niece and when you came in to this world healthy, what a gift from God, you and your Mother,I will never be able to tell you the fear we all felt that day for you and your Mother, I am saying this to also say you will never know the special place you hold in my heart, then and now.I have been proud of you from day one. I would love to receive a letter from you about anything you would like to write to me about, you inspire me !

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Tiffany Luna
1/5/2015 10:17:26 am

3175 Cave Springs Avenue Apt. A
Bowling Green, ky 42104

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Rhondell
1/5/2015 10:47:48 am

I treasure our conversations in any form we have them. A letter or note will add to that.
195 John Alford Road, 42101

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Sarah Cooper
1/5/2015 10:52:47 am

So excited! I'll have to start writing one now and get over my inability to send things in a timely manner!

7286 Calm Sunset
Columbia, MD 21056

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Alexa Arnold
1/5/2015 10:52:53 am

Dear Michelle, I would love nothing more than a letter from your sweet soul! I think of you and your family often, and love keeping up with you online. I'll gladly send a letter your way in exchange! Xo

A. Arnold
630 Union Street, Apt 1D
Brooklyn, NY 11215

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Tenito Smith
1/5/2015 11:15:04 am

I have to respond to this. Your words nourish my inner being and bring wonderful peace to my mind.

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Kasey Jo Doggett
1/5/2015 12:31:31 pm

Yes, let's chat through pen and paper. Mine may be a messy torn notebook paper or something the boys doodled on a week prior, but I'd love to have a conversation with you. Miss our walks.

House number 632. I think you know the rest. :)

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sly
1/5/2015 01:25:14 pm

Oops...without an address, nothing will reach my mailbox!
1016 Stump Bluff Rd
BG, Ky 42101

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Christy Serafini-Sheffield
1/5/2015 01:48:31 pm

What a beautiful task. Love you and your heart and your courage.

3880 Banyan Dr
Apt. B
Bowling Green, KY
42104

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Carol C
1/5/2015 08:27:12 pm

Love you lots, sweet and brave friend!!

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Stephanie Tillery
1/5/2015 11:06:44 pm

2376 Mt. Lebanon Rd., Alvaton, 42122 "There are many things that can change a life...a letter is one of the them." Giddy with excitement to receive a letter.

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Franki Neeley
1/6/2015 12:20:40 am

I admire so much your heart and your vulnerability, Michelle! Thank you for allowing us in on your journey in healing. It's an encouragement to step out and to be courageous amidst my own fears!
9160 Barren River Road, BG, KY 42101

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Meredith Rush
1/6/2015 03:43:40 am

You are a true inspiration! I need to dig out the old stationary, and give writing letters a try again. There is something so special about hand written letters.
437 Seneca Court
Bowling Green, KY 42103

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Heather Marcum Brandenburg
1/6/2015 12:59:46 pm

It seems you have your hands (and mailbox) full, but I would love to receive a letter from you. I have something for you as well...it resurfaced today in my de-cluttering frenzy.
7 Creekview Lane
Dallas, Ga 30157

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Zach Vincent
1/7/2015 10:50:58 am

112 Hawthorne St
Franklin Ky 42134

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    Michelle Howell   

    Michelle is a wife,
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