Some Simple Mailing

I had to do another FedEx run this week. The customer ahead of me was particularly chatty and was surprisingly swayed into paying more for the signature confirmation option. I, at least, found this odd since all she was sending was a box of Halloween cookies to her son at college.

When it was my turn, the representative lifted up my plain envelope and asked, "Is this all that you are mailing? I stared at my small FedEx package and muffled an affirmative response. The FedEx rep then asked, "Is there any value to the item you are sending?" I took a few moments to stare at the envelope. Would I consider any value in this? Inside the envelope was the deed to our house. This unmarked envelope contained the piece of paper that identifed who technically owned the home. And it is truly a simple piece of paper, no embossing, no border and definitely no special sections on who decorated the home, who cleaned the home, who purchased all the items in the home, who looked forward to coming home everyday and sitting on the sofa with the woman she loved in that home, and definitely no mention of the many conversations that were had about adding my name to the deed. Nope, no mention of how the 2 people that lived there had made that place a true HOME. So, now the deed is off to the next of kin (the mother) and I am back to being a basic renter. Not only did I lose the love of my life, but I've lost my home too.

I was so happy when the FedEx rep ended our transaction by stating: "Well, that was easy enough. You have a great day!" and then smiled.

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