I still have a glimmer of hope but am not foolish enough to be fooled by it.
Other parts of my family are cool too but they live scattered around the world so I don’t see them often.
Maybe I should write them letters 
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Does a long heart felt email count?
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I would say not. There’s something more personal and tangible to a physical letter.
But yes I should probably email them more.
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that’s pretty good!
There’s just something about a tangible, hand written letter! I’m super sentimental, and have every thing my kids have ever wrote to/for me. They are all keepsakes!
That’s exactly how I feel too! I always try to jot at least a little something when I send out seeds or whatever. I don’t know about anybody else, but other than the seeds people send me, everything else in the mail is junk. Bills and credit card offers 
I had been putting off watching it for so long as I really don’t like starting new shows because 99 times out of 100 in busy doing other stuff too, and don’t have the bandwidth to pay attention like I should. But they had condensed it down to a movie so we watched that, and then my daughter told me about all the stuff that they cut out from the show, so we are going to go back and watch the actual series too. The movie was fun watching though. We had shitty cell service, so instead of being on my phone while watching it, I actually paid 100% attention. It was nice 
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Unfortunately I have several friends incarcerated for long periods of time and two indefinitely. I write them letters at least bi weekly and usually get as many if not more, I like to send pics etc and just let them know that even being in there they are loved, honoured and respected. Sometimes it’s quite hard listening to their struggles or hearing of things out of their control, it also serves as a reminder my life and struggles really aren’t that bad. I used to be into calligraphy etc. and have always enjoyed writing letters etc and have even developed my own form of ghetto cursive that’s a regular/cursive combination. I constantly get comments on my writing style or they say “damn bro you write like a chick” it’s something I’ve always taken pride in and have seen so many illegible writing styles over the years it’s crazy.
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I get “your writing is so shit it looks like it was made by a chicken.”
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If I don’t write deliberately slow, it’s generally not very legible 
… And sometimes I can’t even tell what I wrote looking back at it.
I’ve seen writing styles like that before and love it! One of these days I’ll learn to write properly. I hope
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For me it comes from school and taking notes at lightning speed. I found if I wrote it down I wouldn’t have to refer to it later because just the act of writing made me remember.
Sometimes I have to do a double take to read my own writing.
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This is both of my children…. And I tried, trust me. 80% is illegible unless they really try, I’ve told them both they were destined to be doctors or pharmacists with that illegible form of writing
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It is funny. Nice @Foreigner
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Lol, that’s to funny. I get told that I have excellent penmanship. People also tell me that I write like a girl. But I take pride in good handwriting and proper grammar.
@ix3u, I actually wrote a three page letter just a few weeks ago. To my boss. It was actually quite emotional. I’ve worked for this company for about eight years. I’m what you would consider a “foreman”. My employer is a great person, but very difficult to work for at times. Though he’s less than a decade older than me, I consider him more than a boss. He’s a mentor. Not just in my work, but in my life. But, there was some shit that had to be said. He has always said that I’m the most honest person that’s ever worked for him, or that he basically knows, and he asked me to write some stuff down. So I put pen to paper. I might have gotten carried away with the assignment, lol. Believe me, I didn’t pull any punches. I said everything that everyone who works there, or has ever worked here, is to afraid to say. I actually kind of expected some of the shit I wrote to get me fired. After the fact, he asked me why I wrote all of it, or what I thought would come of it. I just said “I didn’t write it for you. I wrote it for me”
I do not know if things will change. But I know he’s thinking about it. We still have good conversations; both work related and not. I’m unsure if things will ever change, but I think we’re on the mend.
All I know is - there is not a dollar on this earth that is worth my mental health or time with my family. Period.
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The Palmer method? Classic stuff. 
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Had to look that up, lol.
No, I do not write in cursive. But I can!
Something this younger generation will never know. 
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That’s pretty cool. Now you need a courier on horseback.
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Yeah! Lol, now I can totally see you writing that letter with a quill and a bottle of ink. 
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I fucked up super hard pulling my fountain pens out… It’s been a minute and my favorite poem with my favorite ink had dried up… Trying to clean it and switch inks it basically powderized and got everywhere (unknowingly)… When it hit moisture (being stepped on) it ruined the carpet.
I’m partway done with the letter I’m writing. Going to go to the post office, talk to my man Chris, and tell him it needs to be delivered on Monday, so to hold it until then.
My daughter’s favorite color is pink, so as it were, I’ve got a super limited edition Diamine ink that’s pink with silver sheen, so that’s what I’m using.
Here are some letters she wrote tonight
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Bit of trivia for ya, you get a quill pen for each case you argue before the U.S. Supreme Court. So far, I have exactly none. I don’t believe one is required to actually write briefs with them.
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