My first piece of happy mail after I’ve decided to include it as part of my senior thesis. I sent this email to a total of 24 people. I only received two email responses but the verbal feedback was pretty positive.

This weekend seemed to be quite an emotional one for a lot of people that I know. It was dramatic in both good ways and bad. As I was adapting to each friend, I realized that while that while sadness and happiness can be considered polar opposites one thing remains the same, both deserve very large hugs. I hope that whatever the past week has brought you, that this will brighten your Monday at least a little. I introduce you to the first installment of Hug Mail. A special thank you to Chris and Karly Fae for inspiring.

Much love,
Michelle

http://www.wikihow.com/Hug

((this first image has already been deleted from it’s original source- it was a picture of a guy with a sign for free hugs))