this precious life.

i'm a hard copy kinda girl- all the way. i have a difficult time merely purchasing an album on iTunes... or just subscribing to a magazine online. and now two of my favorite magazines {seen here &  here } are in online reading format only. seems like they are converting to that medium more and more. no physical copy i can touch, flip through, cut & paste from or loan to a friend. books too. even with the internet, email, facebook, skype, chat, phone... everything instant. i still write letters. loooong letters. 15 page letters. *laughs* and receiving them is even better. 'cause when it comes down to it, nothing replaces something handwritten & from the heart that brings the scent of someone closer. {you took the time to write that for me?!} so precious. and i also still write up rough drafts for blog posts occasionally {like i am now} before typing them into a post and sharing them. there's less distraction... and something about seeing my thoughts in *my*...

My grandma sent this out to her children and older grandchildren this last week and with her granted permission, I'd like to share it.  ------------------------- "I've been wanting to write this note for a long time, and since Dad's/Grandpa's/Chuck's 80th birthday is coming up, I thought it was about time I stopped procrastinating. Since it has been 25 years since our last "chick has left the nest", I wanted you to know things about your Dad, that probably I'm the only one who knows?? Dad has always treated me like I am the most important person in his life.  I always felt loved. He constantly tells me how beautiful I am, still? Never criticized what I was wearing.  (Not like me, I would say "You're not wearing THAT, are you?") He was always there for me.  If he were heading out of town for a few days, and I was having one of those mornings when I couldn't get it together, he wouldn't leave unless I was calmed dow...