Taking note

For as long as I can remember, Barry’s mother (may she rest in peace) kept one of those “At-A-Glance” calendars on her dresser. She used it to keep track of appointments with doctors and items that needed to be addressed on a periodic basis, such as quarterly tax payments. Early each year she would purchase birthday cards for family members and slip them into the appropriate dates for mailing.

Every fall I would order her the calendar for the next year, which I did this past fall. Even at that time I remember thinking about whether she would need or be able to use the calendar for 2016.

This morning I received this email:

   ATnAnGLANCE

It’s your life. Take note.

Dear TERRY ROSENSTEIN,

Your current subscription status with AT-A-GLANCE is: UNSUBSCRIBED which means that, unfortunately, we cannot contact you via email regarding the expiration of your dated planning products.

However, we want to inform you of a new management feature which allows you to only receive emails regarding the expiration of your planner. This option restricts all promotional emails, leaving you with a tidier inbox.

To update your account status to receive only expiration notices about your planner, please click here and select “Renewals” for your AT-A-GLANCEsubscription.

Sincerely,
The AT-A-GLANCE Customer Account Team

I was struck by the manufacturer’s tag phrase, “It’s your life. Take note.” Losing a close friend or relative does make us take note of our own lives. I don’t think that’s what they meant, but there is never a better time than the present for us to stop and count our blessings.

Love,

Rebecca