I had expected a long line of folks fetching vacation mail and sending packages. But the normally busy post office location was shockingly empty.

“I can help whenever you’re ready,” said the jolly looking woman behind the counter.

I was clutching a box, Sharpie, packing tape, stickers with my mailing address, and the item to be mailed.

With great hustle and bustle and organization and a deft hand using her own tape, the United States Postal Service employee had my package ready to go.

And without any sentimentality in this much quicker-than-anticipated moment, I mailed my wedding ring to a stranger in Trumansburg, New York.
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