What Came in Night Mail

Lincoln Mullen · 16 Sep. 2006

I had not many opportunities to eat today, so tonight I was more overwhelmingly hungry than usual. And what came tonight in night mail, unexpected and unasked for? Two cans of soup from a very wonderful and thoughtful girl (who is probably now hungry herself). And cookies too.

There was also a note, but I’m not going to share that with you.

Can of soup

5 Comments

John
Posted 17 Sep. 2006 at 1:52 am | Permalink
If you’re ever famished, and she’s not around to send soup, give me a call–you know I’m ALWAYS hungry :)
Jesse
Posted 18 Sep. 2006 at 8:00 am | Permalink
Why won’t you share the note..?
Mrs. D.
Posted 18 Sep. 2006 at 9:12 am | Permalink
I like this post a lot. : )
Emi
Posted 18 Sep. 2006 at 8:20 pm | Permalink
Glad to see that someone else is taking care of you now. I will still send you food though. So don’t you worry. Love you.
Caroline
Posted 19 Sep. 2006 at 4:55 pm | Permalink
Night mail is a great thing. :)

The Backward Glance is the blog of Lincoln and Abby Mullen. Lincoln Mullen is a reference librarian at Bob Jones University's Mack Library and a student of history. Abby Mullen is a master's student in English at Bob Jones University. She teaches freshman English at BJU. [Read more »]

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