Just ventin'...................

[Bob Wright]

Last Saturday evening, we were invited to my niece's home for a birthday dinner for her older sister. Also my sister was there. My sister is 93 and suffering from Alzheimer's disease. We had a pleasant evening, though my sister is not there mentally.

As my niece opened her birthday cards I saw a note my sister had written in her card. Seeing this really made me sad.

My sister always had the most beautiful handwriting I ever saw, equaling that of my Dad's. Around 1977 or so she was in an auto accident in which she lost all the fingers of her right hand. After recovering, she taught herself to write holding the pen with her thumb against the nub of her hand. She practiced until her handwriting equaled that of her previous script.

There on that birthday card was her note, written in wavering line and shaky letters written by a shaking hand. Sort of got to me.


Bob Wright

 

[eveled]

Her generation took so much pride in penmanship.

I don’t have any words of comfort but my your story gives me a heavy heart. God bless you and your sister.

 

[SamV]

Yes, I recall seeing how much my mother's hand writing deteriorated after she had some cognitive declines. I would never have known it was her writing were it not for the content.
Alas, we are all mortal.

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

My mother, too, had beautiful handwriting until the last couple of years of her life. She'd send cards or notes instead of phone calls, and heaven forbid anything electronic should be involved.

Anyway, it was easy to tell what kind of day she was having simply looking at the address on the envelope. There were good and bad days, all the way to the end.

Rick C