the handwritten note

In our fast-paced, digital age, we most often email or text rather than write a letter or make a phone call.  I've heard jokes recently (which unfortunately I am all too guilty of) about people using their phones for everything except actually speaking to another person on the phone.  Interesting concept...

This past weekend has given me a wonderful excuse to put my love for writing (I mean physically writing - pen to paper, people) to good use.  My family threw me and my husband a beautiful baby shower and now I get the pleasure of writing thank you cards!  While many would find this a daunting task, I truly enjoy it.  In fact, we got home from the shower, unloaded the presents from our car, and went right to Target so that I could buy thank you cards and get right to work.  Writing is a passion of mine, as is making others happy, and I am notorious for sending notes, cards, and letters to my family and friends in the mail all the time.  You name a place, I've probably left a note there - on a colleague's desk, in my husband's lunch, on my sister's pillow, in a friend's luggage.  There is just something so much more personal and endearing about a note that was given the special attention, time, and care to be written as opposed to a quickly typed and fired off email.  Don't get me wrong - I send happy, lovey emails as well and I'm sure we all utilize email to communicate at our jobs or school.  But there's a time and a place for virtual communication and I'm just grateful to be able to send all of those that care about me and my new baby a special, hand-written note to tell them how thankful we are.  Try and write something this week, whether it be a letter to a loved one, a card to a friend, or a journal entry.  It is the little things that make us happy and writing is a little thing too often overlooked :)

I love you, Target