When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Giving

By Amy Hirshberg Lederman

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/giving/article/when_the_going_gets_tough_the_tough_get_giving_20091115/

I think I may have hit a new low. It felt as if I was channeling my parents as I heard myself complaining about how I miss the “good old days” — when people actually wrote me letters and cards, rather than texting me on my cell or sending online evites to parties and events. Call me old fashioned, but there’s something nice about opening up a letter and reading a handwritten note from a friend. Nowadays, the only thing that fills my mailbox are bills and a host of requests for donations from organizations in need of help.

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