“Words are the medium with which the soul paints a picture.” Robyn Freedman Spizman
Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a love for words. As a little girl I wrote stories for my family and teachers. I loved to express myself in creative ways. Later as an adult, I wrote thank you notes, long letters to my parents overseas, and cards for every occasion. Somewhere in our storage area there is a box filled to overflowing with letters my husband and I wrote each other as teens, before we both lived on the same continent. {we wrote several times a week!} There is something special about the {hand} written word. Yes, I know that these days, we email and text, but there is something fleeting about that, you can’t save those words, to pull out again and again, to read over and over and delight in them.
I am all about emailing, but when it comes to special words, words that express our feelings for another person, it is so beautiful to send a card, with hand written words. Words matter. They can have a lasting effect on the lives of those we write to. Words are the messengers we use to show our feelings of love, concern and care. Life is a collage of memorable moments……and it’s often the words, written and/or spoken, that we hold dear as time passes.
We love our latest addition to FrenchGardenHouse, these exquisite heavy cards, made by hand with an antique Letterpress, just perfect for all of your occasions when a small handwritten note is just the thing to thank, encourage, inspire or motivate someone you care about. Something the receiver will cherish, and keep, to read your words and feel your love for them.
Do you still write notes? And when? Or are you, like so many, totally in love with texting and emailing instead? I’d love to hear what changes, if any, you have and are making to the way you communicate with your friends and family.
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Funny you should have asked that question today. Yesterday I was shopping with my daughters and we stopped in a Paper shop. I had received an invitation to a friend’s daughter’s wedding and had mislaid the envelopes to my informals. They had just the size and color I wanted. I will now write a proper response. It has been some time since I have put a stamp on an envelope. I just have no reason to send anything other than a package to my people in France. I only head down to the mail box a couple of times a week to clean out the junk mail, so the postman can put more in. All my bills are on-line, as are my magazines and newspapers.
I read the US Post Office may close this year. I think it might be a good idea. The private companies could be used for the small amount of flat mail as well as the good job they do with shipping, saving the government (tax payers) a good amount.
I love SMS and e-mail. I use it all the time. So much more reliable and, naturally, lots faster.
For years I taught my students to write a beautiful cursive hand. Now I guess I wouldn’t bother. It is a fact that students who write in cursive have an average 3 point advantage on the SAT’s over those who print.
I still love the feel of good paper and the beauty of a lovely pen point with German ink flowing onto it. I try to keep up with the times, but in my heart, I am of another age.
Merci beaucoup for this post! We need to be reminded of beautiful traditions and not let hand written notes become obsolete.
As a child I had to sit at the table and write out thank you notes at Christmas and birthday. As convenient as it is to text and email there is nothing nicer than receiving a hand written thank you note. My children now do the same.
I was devastated to learn that Sweet Boy would not be learning cursive. The old treasured letters we clamber over will not be found in this next generation.
I am too, Priscilla. I love writing, and still cherish hand written notes and thank you cards. Even though email is faster.
I wish I had lovely cursive handwriting, but my family convinces me that I don’t. Still, I use my hen peck writing as much as possible!
Oh, I agree Bonnie! Hand written notes are a part of the writer’s personality, you can save them and read them over and over. I cherish the notes I have in my Grandmother’s writing, especially now that she is no longer with us.
I’m sorry to hear that, Laura! What do they learn instead, then? How to text? no, right?! I agree, there is nothing as sweet as a handwritten note, for thanks, or any other occasion.
I love,love love the french thing,especilly the muted greys and blues.