Thursday 28th
September – Dad’s Sitting Room, Cumbria 21:30
Dear Blog,
How are you doing today? I
hope you are well? I have decided to write my blog as a letter. I like letters.
I have been writing them all of my life.
I have had three
Grandparents and two Godparents, of whom I write to regularly (or I did,
unfortunately my grandparents are no longer with us). I love receiving letters
from the people to write to too! To me, there’s nothing really greater than
having a hand written letter come through my letter box. It makes me smileJ! Post isn’t
just for birthdays, Easter, or Christmas!
People would often comment
that I write in a way that they felt I was actually talking to them
face-to-face!
My Granny (Leicester) would
enter us (me, brother, sister) into the Leicestershire Chrysanthemum Society
for their competitions: handicraft, decorated egg, biscuits, “garden on a
plate”, and such like items. I have the prize cards, which Gran sent via the
post still in my possession from 1985 and 1986!
It’s really good fun to
re-read letters and such items sent through the post, years later; it brings
back so many memories. I love it!
Years later, in my
twenties, I travelled a lot on my own and mum suggested that I write diaries of
my adventures. This was great as I was actively doing something whilst I sat in
a café. I would write these up upon my return and sent them to various people
via the post. It was great and my writers really looked forward to receiving my
diaries. This has carried on throughout my thirties too! In fact, I’ve just
written one up now ready to post to people. My gorgeous hubby and I went to the
Lake District for a week, ending in visiting friends and family, as I’m
originally from Penrith.
And now, I have more people
to write to. It’s great! So, in my comfort attempt to make it better my
gorgeous hubby and I brought a house with a craft room for me. I have boxes
with all my items in and there is one labelled “Letter Writing Sets”. Buying
letter sets is very important for me. I prefer to buy in shops rather than
on-line. I’ve been doing this since I used to visit my Granny in Leicester.
Near to her house in Evington there was a stationery shop and I’d love to visit
there. Unfortunately it’s closed nowL,
but that doesn’t stop me from going into every shop to look for writing paper.
It must have lines. I used to buy those pads with blank paper which had a
separate lined paper to put underneath the blank page. I still wrote wonky. So,
buying lined paper is a necessary for me now.
I sat down to write my
letters a couple of months ago. I wrote four. I posted them on way to work,
pleased with myself. It wasn’t until noon, whilst at work, I realized that I
hadn’t put any stamps on them…arrrrgh! I felt so stupid. I then had to contact
these people and tell them. Thankfully they understood! Phew! That was a
relief!
Now, I have an abundance of
people to write to. My gorgeous hubby works away. I love writing to him,
telling him my news. Letters are personal. I write to my best friend, Sharon, www.wordsandwoes.com.
Eventhough we are in contact daily electronically (she lives south and I live
north) we can say more to each other. She told me about #BringBackPaper from www.readingresidence.com
and I now have pen pals to communicate with. It’s just too exciting! I cannot
wait to get started! I write to my parents-in-law too! I write to my uncle in
California. They all write back via email, but I prefer to write via post. My
mum lives in Italy and we communicate via letter too, although that does take yonks’
to get through!
Sending post can be expensive,
but it’s worth every penny! I just have to be careful with what I send. I’m
watching my pennies presently!
Until next time,
Love Hugs and Sunshine xx
I absolutely loved this. Read it with a great big grin on my face.
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