My grandmother is 94 years old. She lives by herself in, what was, my childhood home. She loves cards, both sending and receiving them. I think that she saves all that she gets. She also loves the home shopping networks. From the comfort of her bed, she shops for Christmas all year long. She stays up all night on Christmas Eve to wrap each one. In recent years, she's added a few elves to help her out.
Nana has entertained the thought of being accompanied by a laptop. She's imagined sending and receiving e-cards and e-mails. She's imagined browsing the online catalogues from any store in the world. She's wondered about online banking. But, she's decided not to spoil all of her "old fashioned" fun.
Nana sent me a card last week. In lovely cursive, she wrote "What a pleasant surprise to get such a nice note from my grandaughter and for no reason but to let me know she was thinking of me!" So typical of her to write to me because I wrote to her. She also wrote "You made my day."
So, I'll send cards and hope to continue to receive cards. E-mails are convenient but just can't compete. Got a card from my daughter yesterday. It made my day. Call me "old fashioned".
It is interesting to me that even though I probably say more in my emails than I do in my cards, holding a tangible card, reading the schmaltzy stuff written by Hallmark and admiring the artwork on the front - is extra special. Good for you to keep up the custom - and touch your nana's heartstrings.
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