When Devon Leonard started writing a book about the Postal Service, it made him see the

world in a new way.

He'd walk outside, realize there's a mailbox, there's a letter carrier.

He was seeing the Postal Service all around him.

They just have this huge presence.

Once you start really paying attention to the Postal Service, you see their trucks, you

see their letter carriers everywhere.

There's a post office, it seems sometimes every three or four blocks are in every downtown.

Right now, you are probably noticing the Postal Service a bit more too.

The only people coming to my door these days are post office employees.

Neighborhood kids have put up these signs thanking the folks delivering the mail each day.

And Devon says all that makes a kind of sense.

The fact that these men and women, they keep coming every day, it's just some sign that

you're connected with the outside world.

There's some sign that things haven't, the world hasn't totally blown up or you're

gone to hell with this disease.

But despite how ubiquitous the Post Office is, despite the fact that many folks are feeling

thankful for the work these carriers are doing under such threatening conditions, the

Post Office isn't trouble.

I know that the Postal Service has struggled economically for a while now, but the Postmaster

General is saying that the pandemic is having a devastating effect on its business and calls

this moment a critical juncture.

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