LetterMo | Jessica (shiiallah) | Activity https://test.lettermo.com/members/shiiallah/activity/ Activity feed for Jessica (shiiallah). Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:42:38 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9b990274666d5eb1e9cbc618f7794d71 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "2026 LetterMo Writing Socials" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21561/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:55 -0500 Thank you Miriam and Adam for hosting the socials yesterday! And thank you to everyone else who attended, it was lovely to meet you or see you again!

]]> a9bd5a4a61b2bd48a460741cf924a9da Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "What I sent today" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21514/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:52 -0500 This year, I’m returning to the heart of the challenge: one piece of mail every day the post goes. My goal is to complete the challenge. February 2nd – one letter to a long-time penpal February 3rd – one letter…   Read more»

]]> b5e7cfd5ed7faaff8bfde0a7009c337b Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Fountain Pens & Ink" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21308/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:28 -0500 My absolute favorite pens are Esterbrook Esties. I have four of them in different colorways! I have more fountain pen inks than I could probably use in a lifetime. Trying to be on a bit of a moratorium from purchasing…   Read more»

]]> c13916e2903d34c1db76b73704bcbdb3 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "2026 LetterMo Writing Socials" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21307/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:28 -0500 Woohoo! I’ve added all of them to my calendar. I’m UTC -0700 and hopefully will be able to make them all as the weekends of the 7th and 21st are currently ones I’m scheduled to be home/not travelling/not hosting visitors….   Read more»

]]> 6d89c9bf46472935d8ecbd7b53bbc09f Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "LetterMo 2026 Introductions" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21141/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:12 -0500 Hi all! Returning participant. I’m Jessica; I live in Arizona, I’m in the latter half of my thirties, I’ve been writing letters for… basically thirty years… and I love to correspond. I’m outdoorsy, love to hike and run and spend…   Read more»

]]> 98bbb735b2e6a7929fe15f04ab62bd60 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Midway Check In" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21097/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:09 -0500 but did get some letters from new pen friends that were much shorter than the letters my regular pals write, Haha – speaking of which, expect a long letter from me, it went out in the mail this morning! 🤣…   Read more»

]]> 8692cd6c720daecf23ab8144e826393e Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Is there any way to search for people or interests?" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21094/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:09 -0500 Also, any of the links in a person’s profile, such as “Description – Type”, “Hobbies, Skills, Lifestyle”, and “Writing Tools and Materials”, when clicked on, will populate a list of members who have also endorsed those particular choices. For example,…   Read more»

]]> 7ed87921ff909a31125115dd15185c9a Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Midway Check In" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21093/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:09 -0500 I have not been able to keep up with the every-day-in-the-mail aspect this year, which has bummed me out, but I am still writing and I am excited to correspond with everyone who has sent me letters. I’ve also been…   Read more»

]]> d6374132c09c561166c1c78c37b5b41a Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "2025 LetterMo Writing Socials" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21057/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:01 -0500 So lovely seeing everyone who joined the socials today! Have a lovely LetterMo and see you all in the postbox. 🙂

]]> 76cb54a0d23e1f890580adb54c22f21e Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "2025 LetterMo Writing Socials" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/21055/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:00 -0500

Ahhh Jes you beat me to posting! 😆😆

Sorry! I was just getting antsy because I didn’t want to miss it! 😆

]]> 2f6302047f093195ff6b0edbd6ff6a1b Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "How do you send your letters?" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20999/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:56 -0500 I live in an apartment complex so there’s a sort of indoor-outdoor mail room where all of the residents have their postboxes, and there’s slots for outgoing mail mixed in amongst the boxes. That’s how I mail most of my…   Read more»

]]> d7abdcdebfea5da6f833409d5ac37a87 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Canada Post on Strike" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20986/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:55 -0500 As a heads-up to USA-based letter writers, (a) the Canada Post strike is still ongoing, and (b) the USPS has asked that we do not attempt to mail things to Canada. https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/canada-suspension.htm Effective Nov. 29, 2024, the Postal Service will…   Read more»

]]> f4ed22b58a4a84bab687fdd3e69c76f7 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Virtual Write-In #2: Feb 25" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20968/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:54 -0500 Hoping to make this one, very excited- it’ll be my first time attending a virtual write in!

]]> 5da657daada133ff9c5fe63c71c39dce Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "How is your LetterMo going so far?" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20953/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:53 -0500 Today is February 13th here as well! The challenge is, well, challenging, but it’s going pretty well! I’ve only missed one day of the challenge, which I’m quite proud of (here in the USA it’s mail 6 days a week)….   Read more»

]]> 606b59021e4da473f552f0147e278b3b Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Number of LetterMo Friends" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20952/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:53 -0500 To echo Fiona, I don’t always have a 1:1 “conversion rate” of lettermo friends to regularly corresponding penpals. The percentage has varied each year, but often its less than 50% for me. And that’s okay! People have different lives. And…   Read more»

]]> eee50029b4e933db20322310b6cd1da2 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Friends not showing" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20914/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:50 -0500 Thank you, Adam! That works. Thank you so much for looking for and finding a solution!

]]> 35f95eef5c37e90e8af918adbcc0b6b4 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Friends not showing" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20903/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:47 -0500 Hi Adam, thanks for the response! So interestingly this does work, but only for page 1 of a person’s friend list. When I sort by “alphabetical”, I get all of my friends, but when I try to move to page…   Read more»

]]> cf0e5f82344b351509090bb0b5dc036b Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Friends not showing" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20892/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:46 -0500 I’ve also experienced this – it seems if people have not logged into the forums in a certain period of time, they are not visible on my friends list. It only shows “recently active” friends.

]]> 63dc48c996195c6493c9fdb792d91279 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Introductions" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20814/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:30 -0500 My winter holiday card list was almost exactly 60 people this year! Here’s to other people working hard to keep the USPS in business (hahaha – sadly, the laugh/cry emoji doesn’t post on the forum) And, I’ve loved sending holiday…   Read more»

]]> 7b22b40f4a5fb5f4541434d0841f9d04 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Virtual Write-Ins" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20812/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:30 -0500 I’m most likely busy the 10th but potentially open on the 25th, so I’ll watch this thread and for any official posts with interest. I’ve never been able to attend one of these events in previous years, but I’d love…   Read more»

]]> 184fa8ad4e1bd32ce780ac74062932e3 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Which of us requested to "friend" ??" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20790/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:27 -0500 This is an excellent way to keep track! Additionally, if you have notification emails turned on, you can also search your email inbox for “has accepted your friend request” or “new friendship request from”. Any emails with the former search…   Read more»

]]> 9f278014e0db6c12e4670b958fffc5f9 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Introductions" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20769/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:25 -0500 This is my mom! 🙂 I cannot tell you all how excited I am that she has finally acquiesced to my begging and pleading for the last 5+ years that she’d be a natural fit for Lettermo, as she is…   Read more»

]]> 6e35a67c727e34a86dff9073cdd5b778 Jessica (shiiallah) replied to the topic "Introductions" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20742/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:23 -0500 Hello everyone! My name is Jessica, and I currently reside in Phoenix, Arizona, in the southwestern USA. I’ve been doing Lettermo off and on since 2015ish. I took a break for a few years but came back halfway through lettermo…   Read more»

]]> 1b60b834ff565e52170556e1aa6dff80 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new topic "2025 LetterMo Writing Socials" - https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/20653/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:55:06 -0500 Hello! I’m super excited for the LetterMo writing socials this month. Will the joining info be posted here on the forums? I do not engage with social media so I’m not a part of the Facebook group, but I would…   Read more»

]]> bcee3f999bfe6d7894277e36f880976e Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: @soupercaitlin letter, very overdue, heading your way […] https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/18815/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:18:13 -0500 @soupercaitlin letter, very overdue, heading your way tomorrow morning!

]]> 1 de9e6e45444e9fe8e4f679e4868d46eb Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: Letters going out to @bklynwriter and @starstickersaj ! I'm […] https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/18792/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:29:13 -0500 Letters going out to @bklynwriter and @starstickersaj ! I’m behind on figuring out who has written to me but I have gotten so many lovely letters lately. I hope everyone had a wonderful Lettermo! I look forward to replying and continuing correspondence, as always. <3

]]> 0 fddc31ab2d264972a5632b5dd47e9ace Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: @bklynwriter I received your letter, thank you! Will send a reply :) https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/17531/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:08:16 -0600 @bklynwriter I received your letter, thank you! Will send a reply 🙂

]]> 0 0c1672ff4638731768f419b5b0bee1ca Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: @realswanky writing a super overdue letter to you! https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/17530/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:07:36 -0600 @realswanky writing a super overdue letter to you!

]]> 0 56740b16a208b486a31fcab9397f5cb2 Jessica (shiiallah)'s profile was updated https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/13771/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 02:01:39 -0600 0 e4d0e64a934fd482cb94e02c7f30f2fa Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11370/#acomment-13770 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 02:00:25 -0600 You’re very welcome! I apologize for being so tardy in replying to you. 🙁 A letter is coming! I promise. I’ll let you know.

In reply to - Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update Letters in the last few days have arrived in my mailbox from @sylviee, @sorrow11, @lisapokcyahoo-com, and @bmnave! Thank you all! I am so behind on replies in terms of number, […] ]]> 23755094c199cbcbd70b4d09c62c010f Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: Winter break is indeed for catching up! @soupercaitlin I owe […] https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/13573/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:49:23 -0600 Winter break is indeed for catching up! @soupercaitlin I owe you a letter so badly 🙁

]]> 0 5df1197850ee2583825cfc23494bf560 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/12461/#acomment-12651 Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:10:57 -0500 Hi Nicci! Yes, I am friends with Mia. I can confirm she has left Lettermo for personal reasons but she definitely still corresponds!

In reply to - Nicci posted an update Was anybody else friends with Mia from Wales? I got a letter from her but can no longer find her on here ]]> 4745df235941e995cc9cb226ac556c93 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/12108/#acomment-12109 Sun, 18 May 2025 13:20:28 -0500 Hi Doris! Yes – I am up for this, but also wow, I’m sorry for Canada Post, all of the workers, and all the Canadians that rely on the post. 🙁

shiiallah AT gmail DOT com

In reply to - Doris I posted an update @shiiallah hello! I can hardly believe this but I just read a headline that said “Canada Post is Insolvent” and that a strike will likely be happening on May 22. I’m hopefully going to […] ]]> 0019d968b31cb1aedb6b0b8f83e6c9c3 Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: I hope everyone is well! I am still writing and still have […] https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/12051/ Wed, 07 May 2025 03:12:19 -0500 I hope everyone is well! I am still writing and still have not managed to reply to everyone who wrote me during Lettermo, but I am making it through the stack of letters with joy in my heart. I truly appreciate everyone who wrote to me and I apologize for dragging our conversation out so long by my tardy reply. I am happy every time I am able to…Read more

]]> 0 537fa193b466209a5b08ea91ce3e43f9 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11890/#acomment-12050 Wed, 07 May 2025 03:10:38 -0500 Oh yay! I shall look for it in the mail!

In reply to - Steph posted an update @shiiallah just getting a letter written and sent. 😁 ]]> 1e8efa8f5cd4a54d01ec9994e2e692ca Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11639/#acomment-11703 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:35:51 -0500 Got your letter, thank you! Looking forward to corresponding!

In reply to - Tegan posted an update Heading to drop letters to @shiiallah and @yslorajane into the postbox. Hope they make it to you swiftly. ]]> 4e22e2df5b3e618fdb405513d0ebcf19 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11584/#acomment-11611 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:58:28 -0500 I think I see it in my USPS informed delivery digest for today – fingers crossed!

In reply to - fly posted an update I think I still have ten more letters to send out, but somehwere along the line I at least partially lost track. 😭 Have you received anything from me yet? ]]> fe194179193aacb1b34ec2e1bff6891a Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: Whee! A good letter-writing weekend, which was much needed […] https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11609/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:16:07 -0500 Whee! A good letter-writing weekend, which was much needed after my roller-coaster week. Letters in my mailbox from @mnyvall (oh my gosh, ALL of the cat stickers, squee!) and @mayuka, thank you both! And letters are going out to @adano937, @stormchasegrl, @passenger762, @lafocareta, @michelek, and @jtuck88! Slowly but surely making progress. So…Read more

]]> 0 d1bc047403e24c4a6d7e082c78531b84 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11584/#acomment-11608 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:15:50 -0500 Oh, yay! I will be on the lookout for it!

In reply to - fly posted an update I think I still have ten more letters to send out, but somehwere along the line I at least partially lost track. 😭 Have you received anything from me yet? ]]> 5573f34cbce326084319ea915a36ec74 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11505/#acomment-11596 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 21:17:19 -0600 I will be responding to your letter, I promise! 🙂 I am looking forward to corresponding! Working my way through the backlog.

In reply to - Liana posted an update Thanks everyone who wrote me in February. I will reply to remaining letters as soon as I can! Also, I was hoping to find a few penpals through this so if you’d like to continue writing I am […] ]]> f570fb7e2011c764bbce632efd1920db Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11556/#acomment-11595 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 21:15:57 -0600 My February/lettermo also went sideways and I missed a bunch of days, but I *did* get letters written and sent and I will continue to write letters! You wrote letters and postcards and that is a win. And there is the rest of the year to keep going and corresponding!

In reply to - Tegan posted an update LetterMo was a bit of a bust for me. Just 7 letters and two postcards sent but I’ll keep writing nonetheless. Todays letter is to @mnyvall. ]]> eccda86c2966816b7952858aef7f6da6 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11584/#acomment-11594 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 21:14:37 -0600 I have not yet! But I also don’t know if I’m on the list, haha 🙂

In reply to - fly posted an update I think I still have ten more letters to send out, but somehwere along the line I at least partially lost track. 😭 Have you received anything from me yet? ]]> fba6c547da765c40b06862615996400e Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11583/#acomment-11593 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 19:43:59 -0600 That’s awesome! Enjoy your March-ing on! 🍀✉️

In reply to - Michele Risner posted an update 4 letters arrived today (all from new to me penpals). March is going to be just as busy as February! ]]> 646e03a48d876debe0820707947072ad Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: Yay! Letters from @keekswanderer and @soupercaitlin arrived […] https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11578/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:50:29 -0600 Yay! Letters from @keekswanderer and @soupercaitlin arrived in my postbox today. It was a day where I have to “be a goldfish” and move on, so it was nice to have letters to enjoy when the rest of the day was a bit of a downer.

]]> 0 501260c5498fd70e675ccbfd4f1c4f9f Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: Still astounded that February is over, but I'm here and I'm […] https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11570/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:58:43 -0600 Still astounded that February is over, but I’m here and I’m writing! Letter going out in the mail today to @sarahbee. When I got back from my trip, I also had letters and postcards from @realswanky, @soupercaitlin, @fleur64, and @inoracam. Thank you all! Right now my pile stands at 29 letters to respond to, which is exciting and daunting, and I’m…Read more

]]> 0 85f39b2b36b1a4877b1c675f5703a407 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11515/#acomment-11542 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:32:58 -0600 Yay! I’m glad it arrived!

In reply to - Doris I posted an update @shiiallah Your letter and amazing enclosures have arrived! WOW! Thanks so very much! ]]> 71b8b7243a60630010798a10d089f21c Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: Can't believe the month is over. Just stunned. If you wrote […] https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11498/ Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:48:06 -0600 Can’t believe the month is over. Just stunned. If you wrote me a letter, please be patient and I will respond! Life got crazier than I anticipated and I didn’t get the challenge met on a daily basis. I am so excited to respond to everyone who wrote to me, new and established pen friends alike, and I look forward to carrying on the correspondence all year!

]]> 0 da74160bba6b107dde7b4266b4e91d83 Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update: Letters in the last few days have arrived in my mailbox from […] https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11370/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:37:17 -0600 Letters in the last few days have arrived in my mailbox from @sylviee, @sorrow11, @lisapokcyahoo-com, and @bmnave! Thank you all! I am so behind on replies in terms of number, as I have not quite reached the point of replying to people who wrote to me during the month of February, but know: you are all receiving letters from me! I promise. So…Read more

]]> 4 a7604a9450d66f6e28aba69796e0d337 Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/11294/#acomment-11369 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:35:11 -0600 Noooo! Such a bummer. I will write you another letter. My apologies for the delay. 🙁

In reply to - Jessica (shiiallah) posted an update @yaymalika Did my errant letter ever arrive, or did the USPS eat it? ]]> d766e745fb0adf51e9907a5e7f27e02f Jessica (shiiallah) posted a new activity comment https://test.lettermo.com/activity/p/10582/#acomment-11302 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:08:21 -0600 It arrived! Thank you so much! Looking forward to corresponding 🙂

In reply to - Liana posted an update letter going out to @shiiallah ]]>