Postcards: to encourage my son years ago to read, i began writing him postcards weekly. When he went off to college, i again sent him weekly postcards. When my younger son went off also, as a hoot, i sent him a postcard daily for an academic year. I mentioned this to some of my adult nieces and nephews in Israel and here, and they would say that their children would enjoy a postcard. When i travel, buying postcards has become an important feature, as now i send 27 postcards weekly to over sixty recipients ranging across the US and Israel, Mexico, Spain and Australia, in age from toddlers to adults. I find a short poem, print it on stickers — my handwriting is not necessarily legible — and send it off. My wife suggests that i gave single handedly kept the USPS in business. The (very occasional) return postcard or note is quite gratifying.
I love this...and I sometimes feel as your wife does, that I'm the last to buy postcard stamps. But I find it affirming and hopeful that the USPS still carries them. What a wonderful ritual you started. I'm still awaiting the return postcard, but a thank you call is also appreciated :).
I love the postcard ritual you've adopted. So thoughtful and beautiful for both you and your son.
Thanks for saying this, Nina. I am grateful to have it and that he values it, too.
Postcards: to encourage my son years ago to read, i began writing him postcards weekly. When he went off to college, i again sent him weekly postcards. When my younger son went off also, as a hoot, i sent him a postcard daily for an academic year. I mentioned this to some of my adult nieces and nephews in Israel and here, and they would say that their children would enjoy a postcard. When i travel, buying postcards has become an important feature, as now i send 27 postcards weekly to over sixty recipients ranging across the US and Israel, Mexico, Spain and Australia, in age from toddlers to adults. I find a short poem, print it on stickers — my handwriting is not necessarily legible — and send it off. My wife suggests that i gave single handedly kept the USPS in business. The (very occasional) return postcard or note is quite gratifying.
I love this...and I sometimes feel as your wife does, that I'm the last to buy postcard stamps. But I find it affirming and hopeful that the USPS still carries them. What a wonderful ritual you started. I'm still awaiting the return postcard, but a thank you call is also appreciated :).