The Write Way (Not that the other is wrong)

Many thanks to a Facebook post made by a friend the other day, which inspired the plan for this post.

Handwritten correspondence and thank you notes are priceless. It is an art that is quickly dying, only to be replaced by brief 140-character or less phrases of witicism that are published publicly for everyone to see. Handwritten notes are private, intimate windows into some person's thought process and are to be treated respectfully as such.

I learned years ago that my grandparents shared a trunk full of written correspondence that no one ever had the privilege of seeing. They wanted it to be kept private and I respect that, despite the burning curiosity to know what history those letters contained.

For someone who loves words as I do, it's a treat to read someone's handwriting and try to decipher their mood as they were drafting the correspondence. It's even more exciting to open an old box and drag out a piece of notebook paper written in bubble script -- a note passed in class 15-odd years earlier. I've kept many more pieces of written correspondence than I should have in my life time.

My hope for you all is that you have a box of equally precious words stashed away for reading on a rainy day. These slices of time, like a vivid scent, can transport you instantly to a moment you scarcely remember. Similarly, I hope this inspires you to take pen to paper on occasion instead of clicking what you have to say out on the keys. For the sake of he/she that wrote it: privacy is key.

Thank you for listening. Thank you for writing. I like what this blog had to say. http://blog.handwrittenresults.com/