Re: [gardeners] Re:Home Again
Billie (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 27 Dec 2002 17:05:56 -0500
>We had the same mailman for nearly 15 years, we would move and they
>would change his route. We lost him this month and have a strange one
>now due to route changes. Ricky, the old mailman, knew Sleepy personally
>and would come through the drive gate on foot and put packages in the
>garage (behind the house). He also knew where the key to the door was
>and would occasionally use the bathroom if he really had to go. He was,
>and is, a personal friend that is valued so had the run of the house
>when necessary.
This made me think of a funny story. My boyfriend in high school
(small southern town) grew up and became a mailman and was assigned
the route that included my parents' house. I left to go to college
after high school and never really came back except to visit - so I
had no idea he was their mailman.
Anyway, I came home one day planning to surprise my parents and stay
for the weekend. I got there in the middle of the afternoon and went
upstairs to unpack and take a bath in my old clawfooted tub. There
weren't any towels upstairs when I got out so I went dripping down
the stairs to get one. Imagine my surprise when I bumped into my old
boyfriend, now the mailman, who was invited by my mother to come on
in and get himself a cold drink, use the bathroom, etc. any time he
needed to!!
No one locked their doors in that little town, so he just came on in.
Boy was he surprised too. I have to say, he handled it well. I had
gotten a postcard from an old friend and the mailman/old bf just
handed it to me and said 'this is for you."
:0
When I lived in Durham, NC as a young adult I had this wonderful
mailman who I just loved. When I left and came back to rent the same
house 5 years later he was still there! Then I got married and had my
first child while living in that same house. It was so nice to be
able to talk to the mailman every day after having the baby, since I
didn't return to work! Had never had that luxury except on
Saturdays...:)
Goodness, it's mailman nostalgia day for me!
billie