It's not the most popular sale compared to the Girl Scout cookies.
But each year I go through the regime of registering online and having it send out a customary personalized email inviting friends and family to buy magazine subscriptions or snacks.
All the while lamenting "Who has time to read?
This year I allowed the online system to crawl my gmail contact list and send emails to everyone in there....some 329 emails were sent to friends and family.
I was shocked that all of the responses and magazine subscriptions that Baby C got this year, ALL were from friends as opposed to family.
Her first magazine subscription for $35 was from an internet friend whose blog I started following nearly 6 years ago and whom I've never even met!!!
The next was from her old baseball coaches wife....and then one from an old friend of mine...the one that gave me the biggest smile was from a an old college friend who is now working and living in Africa.
It truly touched me that friends were there to support her with her growing endeavors and it made me realize that true friends are real GEMS!
Wow, well you must be doing something right to have such good friends too!
ReplyDeleteShoot me an email next time. I let all my subscriptions go. :-)
ReplyDeleteI totally will!!!
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