I would like to, at this time, praise our men and women in the USPS, who’s tireless efforts bring us our mail everyday.
In Glen Oaks Village, we have a letter carrier named Diane who delivers our mail, and the many that she meets on her route, with a smile and a kind word.
There is my best friend named David Duffy, who delivered mail in Queens for over 40 years and is now semi-retired.
He has had good stories to tell on his the route and believed he did his best for those who depended on their mail.
In Mineola, where I work at Northeast Plumbing, we have a mail carrier named Jimmy, who I sometimes call the merry mailman and gives us our mail and picks up outgoing mail that is important for our business.
He also does this with a smile and a kind word.
In the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, he would ask how we were doing and show genuine concern and sympathy for what many of us were going through.
This is just a few fine examples of these fine mail carriers.
Lately there have be a few mail carriers who were hurt by those who did not care for these fine mail carriers.
Our prayers go out to these men and women who serve the public with dedication and hard work and deserve to be honored for all that they do.
Remember this saying about our noble mail carriers: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
That is so true.
So I say God bless the men and women who have served us so well over the years and deserved a kind words for a job well done.
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Mineola
