In jr. high, I was inducted into National Honor Society (meaningless now, but back then felt like getting into Harvard). My grandma sent me a telegram to congratulate me. She only used telegrams on extra special occasions. And as the first grandchild, just due to the novelty of it, I ended up being the only one who got them. Grateful to have saved one.

She did regularly send us each handwritten letters, cards, and cassette recordings (which we loved exchanging with her). But telegrams felt next level for some reason. I think in my mind, they were like fun like Morse code or pneumatic bank air tubes. I did get a singing telegram once, but I preferred the paper kind.

When you were a kid, did you ever receive a telegram? What was the occasion? Did you save one? (If so, I'd love to see! Redacted, of course.)