There are numerous articles online and in print proclaiming that junk mail just fills our mailboxes and our landfills without any real purpose. Just a few weeks ago we sent my oldest daughter off to college, and her adjustment period has been quite seamless except for one item that is bothering her… “My mailbox has been empty.” Since her arrival on campus nothing has been placed in her student mailbox.

Being raised in a family where a full mailbox was a profitable venture, where mail is studied and catalogs are categorized this is a new horizon for her... And her conclusion is that an empty mailbox is sad.