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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to send a photo note to someone

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Speaker 1: you love but haven't seen recently. When we're physically a part,

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Speaker 1: as many of us are now because of social distancing,

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Speaker 1: it's nice to remember times when we were together in person.

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Speaker 1: I recently pulled out the book of photoproofs from my wedding.

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Speaker 1: It was so fun to see what my nieces and

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Speaker 1: nephews looked like fifteen years ago, when these now adult

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Speaker 1: young people or small children. I remember that warm September

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Speaker 1: night in New Jersey and how the lights sparkled on

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Speaker 1: the lake by our reception spot. Looking at photos is

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Speaker 1: a wonderful way to trigger memories of those good times

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Speaker 1: with our family and friends. And yes, there's a bittersweet element.

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Speaker 1: Those wedding photos include several much loved relatives who are

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Speaker 1: no longer with us. But still those memories make me

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Speaker 1: feel happy and somehow just lighter. I imagine we can

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Speaker 1: all use a little extra happiness and love and likeness

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Speaker 1: about now. Sharing photos through any mood can be fun.

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Speaker 1: I texted photos of those proofs too, many of the

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Speaker 1: friends and relatives pictured. I also love it when friends

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Speaker 1: and family text me photos of past good times with them,

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Speaker 1: or when I see photos posted on social media, but

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Speaker 1: especially as we're all apart from each other. There's something

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Speaker 1: special about a physical object like a printed photo. It

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Speaker 1: feels more like an artifact or souvenir from the moment,

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Speaker 1: which just makes it feel a little more real to touch.

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Speaker 1: So when you find yourself missing someone, why not send

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Speaker 1: a real physical photo note have a photo of you

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Speaker 1: and that person printed. Snapfish or Shutterfly or companies like

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Speaker 1: that can print photos from your digital files and send

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Speaker 1: them to you, usually within a few days when the

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Speaker 1: printed photo arrives. Use a sharpie to write a note

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Speaker 1: on the back of the photo. A sharpie won't smear,

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Speaker 1: nor will it leave an indentation that shows through on

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Speaker 1: the front of the photo. You could use a separate

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Speaker 1: note card instead of writing on the back of the photo,

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Speaker 1: but I think the casual feel of writing on the

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Speaker 1: back of the photo is fun, and it's also nice

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Speaker 1: knowing that the words will be kept with the photo

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Speaker 1: while a note might get lost. Place the photo in

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Speaker 1: an envelope and mail it to the person pictured. You

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Speaker 1: can feel good imagining the joy they'll feel when the

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Speaker 1: photo arrives. Maybe the person will even text you a

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Speaker 1: photo of them holding your photo and you'll get double

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Speaker 1: is fun. So today, choose a few photos to print

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Speaker 1: up and send. I promise you'll find it to be

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Speaker 1: a good use of your minutes. In the meantime, this

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Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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Speaker 1: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear

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