I received a card inside a fun envelope that I suspect was made from a calendar I sent to her. Is that a piece from the edge of the paper that an “antique” 
computer printer used??
It had a lovely note in it that I really appreciate.
Thank you, @megwell !!
That is in fact from the Shortcake calendar you sent me .
It’s actually the fringe off a spiral-bound piece of mixed media paper.
Oh right! The printer would have had circles. I would bet a lot of money that some of that paper is at my parents’ house still.
@megwell , great upcycling! so nice to still see happy mail traveling around~
I hope to get some postcards sent out during July
Thank you @Immaculata for the lovely card! Work has been a slog this week, and finding happy maiil waiting for me in the mailbox was a joy.
So…
I’m not sure if it’s ok to ask but…
If anyone has a little extra time in their hands, I would so enjoy receiving any kind of happy mail at all.
I’m not ready to share too many details but my husband has been in hospital for over a week, and we don’t know when he’s coming home.
The worst is over but he’s not in the clear yet…
Anyway… I know with the snail pace at Canada Post I wouldn’t get anything anytime soon anyway but… just figured I’d ask.
You’re all great people and I hope you know you are appreciated.
Also I hope it’s OK to ask but if you have a prayer habit, we would appreciate you including our family in your intentions. Positive thoughts are welcome, too.
I am very grateful for this forum.
Absolutely.
Thank you everyone for you support.
My husband was finally discharged from hospital yesterday, 3 weeks after he was admitted for a serious case of bacterial pneumonia and empyema (pus around the lungs).
It will be a long road to recovery, but he is alive and he is home, and I couldn’t be more grateful.
I received some letters in the mail and I am so grateful but my energy stores are so depleted and I wish I could thank you each individually but I am so tired…
Thank you everyone for your kindness
FYI to all of you happy mailers - I’m hosting an origami swap. You send a card with a note and a piece of origami. I thought I’d post here since it sounds like something you all might enjoy!!!
I received a lovely card from @Immaculata ! The stitched piece is a bonus because I can frame it!
@megwell surprised me with one of her awesome collage cards!
I laughed so much when I read her very to the point and succinct message! You are a hoot!
I’m glad you liked it. It seemed ridiculous while I was writing it, but also like something you might get kick out of 
.
I received my zine from @jemimah! Included were extra goodies: lovely bird stickers and Halloween art from the “craft this in your style” thread! I count the postage stamps as goodies as well since I collect them. Thank you, @jemimah!
Hi, Happy Mailers! If you need a little more low-key art sending in your life, the Ongoing ATC swap is back for October:
I must not be getting notifications for this thread, but I am praying now! 
And hope to get my act together to send happy mail soon
Thank you so much @kayrun.
I figured I’d give an update on the whole medical situation here. Thank you to everyone who was kind enough to send me happy mail and/or include me in their prayers, positive thoughts, etc.
My husband has been home since August 13th and is making steady and quick progress. He no longer needs any mobility equipment, and he returned to work full-time this week from home. Next week he will work 1 day in the office, and then gradually return to his hybrid position (2 days from home and 3 in the office), in consultation with the return to work specialist. He still needs quite a bit more rest than he ever did, and he is definitely not ready to go back to his level of activity from before his infection. But he will get there.
While my husband is almost back to his old self, I have been struggling with my asthma, which had been mild my entire life, but took a turn for the very worse in the beginning of September.
Content Advisory: child abuse and medical neglect
I have been struggling with an asthma flare-up that began at the beginning of September and has not yet subsided. I have had a visit to urgent care, one to an after-hours clinic, and two ER visits this month alone.
The last ER visit did not go well at all. Read: I spent 12 hours in an ER and received no treatment for my asthma exacerbation. They did bloodwork and imaging… but no actual treatment for the fact I cannot speak, laugh, or simply walk across the room without triggering asthma symptoms. My family doctor actually sent me to the ER from his office because of how much difficulty I was having just speaking with him. And I received no treatment. Two separate doctors treated me as if I was in the ER for a simple cough. One actually stated “it’s unusual to get asthma in your 40s.”
I have had asthma my entire life, but it was not formally diagnosed until 2012. My lungs do not ever make a wheezing sound, even when I am having severe difficulty breathing. My asthma attacks involve non-stop coughing, chest tightness, exhaustion, confusion, but never wheezing. And so I am not taken seriously, despite all my asthma medications and diagnosis being on my medical chart.
Being basically told by two separate doctors that I don’t have asthma was very triggering for me, because I was punished for coughing at night as a child. I learned after I became an adult that nighttime dry coughing is one of the main s ymptoms of childhood asthma. But because I didn’t wheeze, 1 doctor told my father and stepmother that I just wanted attention. And they went with that, punishing me for coughing at night for over 10 years.
Being ignored by these doctors and being sent home without treatment felt like being punished all over again, and I’m still trying to recover from the emotional stress, while I’m still having a hard time doing anything because everything I do triggers asthma symptoms….
I am oversharing, but I just wanted to let you know why I haven’t been around.
I am trying to return to my activities as best I can… but everything I do triggers asthma symptoms, and I am struggling emotionally as well.
I hope that I will have enough energy and mind space to return to happy mail (and writing in general) soon…
For now I ask you to continue to keep me in your prayers, positive thoughts, etc.
Thank you all for being so kind. You’re a huge part of my support network, even if you don’t know it.
Also, I know that the summary above probably belongs in the chronic illness thread, so if anyone does not like it being here, please do let me know, and I will delete it.
Thank you.
It doesn’t bother me that you posted that here! I got your card and I am sending you more mail and more prayers. I also had some childhood trauma/ punishment for illness. I’ll tell you more in snail mail. In the meantime, I am so glad your husband is on the mend!!!
Thank you so much
Hey, has anyone heard from @magpie? I have messaged her and sent her a private email with no response. I am just a bit worried.
