Let's continue with April A to Z.
Today our feature letter is H and
H is for Handwritten Notes
Did you know that some schools are not teaching children how to write in cursive? They also don't know how to read a letter written in cursive. Handwritten notes make life a little better, but I'm worried they are on the way to becoming a lost art.
I love going to the mailbox to see if we have received anything fun like a handwritten note or letter. One of my Great Nieces (or Grand Niece? - I've asked that before) is a wonderful writer of thank you notes. When I've sent gifts for her children, she always writes a note.
Our favorite handwritten notes are from our young adults. Over the last 16 years, we have hosted hundreds of young adults on Tuesday nights for dinner and Bible study. The notes they have written to us have a special place in a drawer in our dresser.
Have you ever heard of Discovery weekend for middle schoolers or The Emmaus Walk (for adults)? Both of those are spiritual weekends and at the end of the weekend, you are given a stack of letters written by your loved ones. Those notes are so special, too!
I actually have really nice handwriting and enjoy writing when I have time, but I have noticed that the older I get, the more quickly my hand tires out. Anyone else have that problem?
Do you like handwritten notes? Do you still write notes? Do you send thank you notes?
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| special notes taped to my desk at work |
I love handwritten notes and still write them to others too. I have nice handwriting but I think if you don't use it often it does become sloppy and harder to read. We're all so used to keyboards now. A friend sent me a note in the mail just last week, on a beautiful note card and I so appreciated seeing that in my mailbox.
ReplyDeleteOn Tuesday nights, I cook dinner for the young adults, but a group of friends bakes the desserts. I have a thank you note on the island for each of the young adults to sign --I'm trying to teach another generation about a paper note!!
DeleteI like handwritten notes and cards, but it seems like they’re going extinct. Sad that children aren’t learning cursive…
ReplyDeleteIt is sad about cursive not being taught. Our DIL is teaching our grands to write in cursive in their homeschooling. I love handwritten notes. I should write more of them. :)
ReplyDeleteThe fact that my grandchildren, and even one of my daughters in law, cannot write cursive or barely read it is really upsetting to me. I can't believe they stopped teaching it in the schools, what the heck? None of my grandchildren or great-grandchildren will be able to read all the journals I've written and saved through the past 30 years.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad that they don't teach handwriting in school. As a cardmaker I appreciate the art of sending personal thank you notes and cards. My daughter has a tattoo of my handwriting on her arm. If I'd have known they were going to tattoo it exactly as I wrote it I might have written smaller - LOL
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Oh, my heart! You couldn't tell by my actions, but I think hand-written letters and thank-you notes are mighty precious. I still have some postcards that my mother wrote to her mother.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you're encouraging 'your' young adults to adopt that practice.
Yes, I've always had compliments on my handwriting, but it's not so pretty anymore. My computer has spoiled me (and old age!). I do enjoy handwritten notes - even a sentence in a card! Yes. And shame on the educators who aren't teaching cursive anymore.
ReplyDeleteI am sad that they don't teach cursive in schools anymore. Printed thank you notes just aren't the same.
ReplyDeleteI like to write in cursive and write a fair number of notes, but I think a handwritten note is still precious even if someone prints or doesn't have pretty handwriting. It's the thought that counts!
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I used to write a lot of letters but with mail and texts, I don't do that much. I do exchange hand written notes with a cousin. When doing research, I take a lot of handwritten notes and my first drafts of blog posts are often hand written. I think the saddest part of the younger generations is how much historical and family correspondence they won't be able to read.
ReplyDeleteI no longer write letters, but I do write and send thank you notes, and occasional notes to people I am thinking about.
ReplyDeleteAs an aside my then 11 year old granddaughter asked me if I could read cursive. I told her yes and that I could even write it.
What a shame it is no longer taught.
My mother had beautiful handwriting but now after years of using computers my handwriting is almost illegible. A lost art indeed.
ReplyDeleteI love the old fashion handwritten letter. I write about 10 letters per week to family and friends. Of course I do not receive as many as I write and my husband says we are going to go broke while I keep the USPS in business. But it certainly brings me joy to write them because I know how much pleasure it brings me to find an old fashion letter in my mailbox.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Barbie