How We Create Magic with Handwritten Notes

@bethvogt

 

 

I accepted a challenge this week.

Not a physical challenge involving upping my exercise. Not a health challenge to decrease my calories or carbs. Not a decluttering challenge to attack my closets or my garage.

What did I say yes to? I accepted an invitation to a Five-Day Card and Note Writing Challenge, thanks to my writer friend Elizabeth Cottrell.

Quite an undertaking, right?

For me? Yes, yes, it is.

In the middle of 2020, I’d determined to get back to writing notes to friends and family. I even made a monthly list of who I’d sent notes to, which means I can easily see when my effort trailed off … and then stopped altogether in early 2021.

I enjoy sending cards and notes to family and friends. There’s something a bit magical about writing a note to someone … slipping it into an envelope … addressing it … putting a stamp on it … and then depositing it in the mailbox.

Now here’s the truly magical part: I never know when my card is going to arrive, but it always seems to arrive at just the right time. Even when I’d meant to send the card sooner, someone will say, “Oh, your note arrived on just the right day!”

Perfect timing – you can’t control stuff like that when you’re committing a card to the whims of the postal service.

With everything else going on in the world, talking about writing notes to others may seem unimportant. But if you pause for just a moment, you might recall receiving a “just at the right time” note that contained the words you needed at that moment. As my friend Elizabeth has posted on her Heartspoken website, “Send love by mail … send notes that comfort, encourage, and inspire …”

Stop and think for just a moment: When was the last time you wrote someone a note – more than just signing your name on a pre-made card? How did you feel sending it on it’s journey? When was the last time you opened your mailbox and discovered a handwritten note from someone? How did you feel when you saw it waiting for you?

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'...I loved the idea that you can put marks on a page and send it off, and two days later, someone laughs somewhere else in the world.' #quote by novelist David Nicholls #letterwriting #communication
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