When was the last time you wrote a letter?
https://devotionaltreasure.wordpress.com/2022/01/07/letters-of-faith/?preview=true
@DevotionalTreasures can I be controversial? (not sure why I'm asking - too late once I hit enter)
But, I got quite upset at people not sending cards for Christmas.
It is always for the environment (yeah right!), and the money is given to a charity instead
but we know half of that money is paying wages and bonuses of executives (at least this is so in the UK)
so, why not, you know, send a card to someone that needs a physical reminder that you've thought of them?!?
i've never been all that offended by it before, but - this last year, at least - it really got to me
if you can't afford it, fine. life happens
but if you decide not to send physical tokens of your thoughts for others, don't shout about it and just give 50% of what you'd have probably spent, to faceless charities...how about say nothing, and go buy a homeless person a coffee instead?!?
sorry to hijack your thread here Alan...just really got my heart sad with all we've endured through covid lockdowns
I can relate to a lot of what you say Andy, but then again I have never been a fan of cards for Christmas/Birthday/Anniversary/New Home etc etc! In my opinion the variety of such cards pumped out by the industry have no real feeling in them. But, I do advocate cards being used properly with a nice handwritten message to give it a lovely personal touch. I suppose it all comes down to a card shows what the sender thinks or not, if they don't send one. In fact I get a printed card each year from a family member which really winds me up...argh!
I remember when my dad died we got lots of cards, but it was the letter written by a friend and delivered by hand with some home baking that had the profoundest effect on mum and myself. Basically, we have lost the personal touch in the 21st Century. @Berrybunchfamily
@DevotionalTreasures we hand make all our cards 🙂
And yes I agree we've lost the personal touch. As we've seen advances in technology to join us - and they're great! We've also lost the ability to be in the room because we can be any room in the world, perhaps?