Spring Cleaning in the Ol' Email Box

It rained cats, dogs and elephants last night. I got up and the first sign was the pool of water in my utility room. Forget putting the real pool up...it was right here in my house.

I threw newspapers down and peeked outside and there was practically a river in my driveway. I waded out into the back yard and despite all this drat inconvenience of water everywhere, the sun was out and everything just sparkled. It was beautiful.

I went back inside and started my computer and got a few things done in my house while I waited for the water to recede a little so that I could start putting the pool up. I never got an air pump but my daughter said that she would pick her dad's up on her way home from work tonight. So, that's on my agenda to do tomorrow.

I did get a lot of work done clearing out old email..finding things that were pleasant and not-so-pleasant. Threads of days gone by...some of them were from two years ago and I was surprised at how much I have learned since then.

Have you ever gone in the attic and searched through all that old stuff and memories come rushing back?

Oh, it was just like that. I found the acceptance post from my publisher asking if I would be interested in sending my manuscript (Romancing the Soul) to her. I found emails to the agent I once had. I found emails from friends I'd never replied to. Eek, what they must be thinking.

I also found emails that opened cans of worms and instantly deleted them. Why I kept that negative energy in my box I'll never know.

I found great promotion tips I'd saved from egroups and immediately set up a folder for that. You can never have too many promotion tip emails.

I found text messages from Amanda who left months ago which cut into my heart. I just left them there.

I found emails from friends I forgot I had.

But the one email I found that really touched me so was one in which was dated two years ago. I had posted in a group about the special Valentine's Day present I received from my twin soul who parted from this realm (okay, he died) four years ago. Here it is:

My psychic daughter just gave me a Valentine's present. She handed me
a CD of the song 'I'm AlreadyThere' by Lone Star. Has anybody heard
this? She says it reminded her of Mark. Well, we cried and cried
together. Mark meant a lot to her. She has said all along that he is
her guardian angel. Anyway, after the crying spree, the phone rings.
Then, I hear her crying hysterically. I'm thinking, it must have been a call
from beyond. It was a call from the beyond all right. The car
dealership where she was waiting on an approval for a Cougar called and told her
she had been approved for this car she had her heart on and could now come and
pick up her brand new Cougar.What a Valentine's Day this has turned out to
be...

I know this is dribble to anyone reading this, but I had forgotten all about that Valentine's Day. Melissa always said that Mark was the guiding force in her life and she still believes that.

Well, tomorrow I'll be cleaning the ol' email box out again...who knows what's going to pop up.