Sending Notes

I've been out of grade school (Elementary or Middle or whatever they're calling it now) for a very long time.  But I remember!  I'm not talking about the 1.25 mile walk (each way) in snowstorms that would now be called blizzards as you might be expecting.

Not only have Departments of Education revised the classifications for schools, it seems that everything is changing.  (Side Bar:  Since I mentioned winter, what did they do to the windchill calculations?  I've heard that a recent windchill of -22 would have been -40 when I was a kid.  Getting off track, though.)

Today, I'm wondering about cursive.  Yes, that's the newest word for handwriting now.  And again, not only has the name changed, but schools aren't looking to teach this craft anymore either.

Remember these Practice Sheets?  Yea, you probably are too young.

I'm following the crowd, I admit.  I send just about everything by email or text.

But listen to this!  My first grand-child asked for a cursive workbook for her birthday!  She's so excited because she wants to learn this soon-to-be-ancient method of correspondence.  (I used to think she was going to be an attorney. Maybe she's going to be more excited about archaeology.)

In a way, I understand what she's thinking. In her mind, this type of writing is probably considered art. She loves art!  She obviously wants to share her thoughts creatively.  I can't wait to get her first snail-mail letter. And here's where this whole topic started rattling around in my brain.

I have a friend that is absolutely dedicated to the art of sending birthday cards, thank you notes and more by USPS.  Each is hand-written, in cursive!  I'm so envious.  I keep promising that I'm going to do that too, "Keep" is the operative word as a result of failure begetting failure.

Wouldn't you just love to get a handwritten letter in the mail?  The fact that someone would take time to sit down, and legibly "talk" through old-fashioned "hand-crafted-art" is just amazing to me.  If that makes such a difference to me, why do I neglect to do this for others?  I can't be the only one who appreciates something like this!

As you might anticipate, I'm "promising" once again.  I think it might serve to brighten another's day and that would brighten mine.

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10