Recently an aide who visited us to look after Mom (97 with dementia) suggested I share a greeting card project created for this past Mother's Day.
First I asked family to be sure and send her cards. Then I bought some to add to the collection, signing them from people I knew never would send anything. And finally I printed out and pasted photos of the senders inside each card.
Mom will spend hours looking through the cards and loves to share them with people who visit. Does my heart good to watch her.
Cards are a visual reminder of people who cared enough to take the time to send a card. Phone calls are great, but can easily be forgotten. Yet the cards are there every day for someone to see.
People will probably gasp as they read this, but I saved the cards my parents and my sister sent for holidays and birthdays. Everytime I look at them, it's as if I'm transported back to the days when the whole family was alive and we celebrated birthdays together, usually with a trip to Bill Knapp's for a meal and a free, delicious chocolate birthday cake. I still remember those days.
And I still send cards; I love sending them and decorating them with colorful stamps or rubber stamps complimented by "sayings" I made up.
If I can find a way to save this link on my IPad, I'll trot it back out come next March.
Thank you!!!
I always try to find postage stamps I know my Mom-in-law would enjoy. With a sticker on the back of the envelope. I get enough of those through companies looking for donations :)