The Kindness of Thoughtfully Selected Postcards

"Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends.  It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes."
~ Joseph B. Wirthlin

We have friends, a couple, who live in another city, but have a home in our community and visit several times a year.  In the 14 years that we have known them, we have become very good friends and they are always incredibly attentive toward our children.

This week, we received postcards that they had sent to each of our children.  It was lovely that they remembered my children during their travels and that they managed to have our address and all the rest that actually mailing a postcard entails.  But I was amazed at the thoughtfulness behind each postcard chosen -- one had something in one of my children's favorite colors (which they mentioned), another was designed by an artist that would have special meaning to another child...  Each carefully selected for the recipient, each postcard communicating how special each child is to them.