spring in a box
When we lived in New York, this time of year was hard for me. The end of March and the beginning of April, when spring should be out in full force, were usually still cold and dreary. Winter seemed never ending. There's only so much you can do with two children under 3 when it's freezing cold outside, and for a girl born and raised in sunny Southern California, I had had enough.
I have a few friends who have had tougher winters than usual this year for various reasons. Friends who have been cooped indoors with colicky babies, or feeling down about just about everything or wondering how much longer they can stay sane in their tiny New York apartments. Oh, I remember.
So I decided to mail them a little something.. I call it "Spring in a Box". I gathered an assortment of all things yellow and orange and wrapped them up in the brightest paper I could find, including a note about how spring would definitely come.. that they had almost made it through the long cold winter. And I included these two lovely quotes:
The packages have all been received. Sunshine delivered by way of the USPS. Friends are cheered. Spring has come. Mission accomplished.
NOTE: Yes, it is because of the long, hard winter that we moved away from NYC and all its charms. Now we enjoy winter in southern California, usually wearing flip flops and making lemonade from the lemon tree in our backyard. So California has its charms too.
04.16.2009
Reader Comments (86)
This is so lovely and thoughtful! I love the simplicity of it.
I live in Oakland, CA and have been enjoying shipping boxes of California Sunshine to friends above the 40th parallel, too! I preserved a bunch of lemons and ship off boxes of fresh lemons from our tree and a jar of preserved ones to the foodies. Lemons make the world go round!
I wish I was the kind of friend that you are. Thanks for the sweet inspiration.
Great idea! I live in Brooklyn though and I would love to send a friend Spring in a box. Too bad there're are no lemon trees here. I guess I'll have to send New York in a box, that could be fun.
Ah! This is so great, even your photos have my feeling a little more chipper/springy/smiley on these grey rainy days in Vancouver. Lovely!!
Great post. Thanks for Posting. Its very impressive and interesting.
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