Why I Keep Opening Another Woman’s Mail

Kendra Stanton Lee
4 min readJan 29, 2024

She seems like a great gal…

Photo by sue hughes on Unsplash

This last holiday season, I received heaps of mail for another woman. Christmas cards, packages, and other fat, cheery envelopes. This woman was clearly loved, you know? I opened all of it.

I kept the spoils.
I went wild spending the gift cards.
I endorsed every last check to myself.

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Kendra Stanton Lee

Writer of essays, teacher of high school, mother of two. Subscribe to my monthly love letter: https://www.kendrastantonlee.com/contact