It has been cold in Indiana for the past two days. Cold enough for schools to delay the start of the day. I seem to have it in my mind that if it is too cold for small, fragile children to wait outside for the school bus, then it is too cold for me to walk out of my 73 degree house, into my 45 degree garage, get into my car with heated seats and an awesome heater and drive to my 77 degree office! It is a matter of life and death people! Please cut me some slack!
Anyway, during my 2 hour delay on Tuesday morning, I was able to take the time to watch a bit of the TODAY SHOW, which I absolutely love but rarely get the time to do! The topic of discussion was children and grandchildren not taking the time to write thank you notes to their grandparents for gifts. Someone mentioned that it was the fault of the parent for not teaching their children to write an actual thank you note, and to some extent I would agree with that. Today's society has lost touch with the art or writing just about anything. We are all tuned into electronic media...I am currently typing a blog for crying out loud. Years ago, I would be filling up a journal or notebook with hand written scrolls that would fade over time and my great grand children would probably never be able to make heads or tails of. Rarely does anyone send an actual birthday card through the USPS but last year I received over 100 happy birthday greetings on Facebook! As a child, I remember standing in the store picking out party invitations for my birthday party. Today, one just creates a party invite on Facebook or sends a mass text message out with all the party info and magically just about everyone RSVP's with little or no time in between! We do live in a society of instant gratification. Case in point, the digital camera. Yes, I had the little Kodak camera, first the "Instamatic" and then that cute little one that took film and those crazy little flash cubes! We would fill up a roll of film and then either rush it to the drug store, if there were really important pictures on there, or if there were less important photos, we just threw the used roll in the "junk drawer" and waited until we had 5 or 10 rolls and took them in all at once. Today, if you take a photo of a child the first thing they say is "let me see"! Personally, I do love the digital camera because it allows you to instantly delete the photo that you would never want anyone to see!
I guess I have drifted off the point a bit but I will admit that I do still like to send thank you cards, birthday cards, sympathy cards, and even the occasional thinking of you card. They seem to be just a bit more personal. The lost art of writing a thank you needs to be brought back. Teach you children to do these things while they are little. Someday, they may just write you a note to thank you for it!
Happy Wednesday to you all!
Karen
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