Dolphin-ately!
Generation Y (the millennials) have had the ability to see so many accomplishments and most have been within the technology community. This generation could never image life without a FM radio, color television with 100s of channels, a/c, and lastly a computer!
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| How cute! Kind of Kate Spade, like. |
Now I canNOT point my fingers at anyone because I am as guilty as the next. I use my thumbs to communicate throughout the day. But stop and think - when was the last time you opened a piece of stationery and wrote someone a letter. Just last night, a sorority sister of mine stated how she didn't own stationery.
Excuse me, WHAT!!!!
Clearly, shocked. My mother raised me to write thank-you notes, give a name-tag with any present, bring a hostess gift, say yes ma'am and no ma'am, and lastly there is no such thing as too many monograms. I believe that is why these days, I have multiple sets of stationery and maybe one too many monograms (wait, never).
This morning (like most mornings), I watched The Today Show and Jenna Bush Hager did a wonderful article about letter writing. My parents always tell me stories about the 1970s when they were in high school and college. Obviously, most were filled with parties and great concerts but they were also filled with long distance communication between the big city and a small town.
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| David & Pam, circa 1984 |
My parents have been a couple since 1975 and married since the 23rd of August 1980 (perfect being married in a multiple of 10 - I always now how many years and so does my dad). Mom and Dad met during their freshman year of undergrad at the University of Tennessee @ Martin. Now, they didn't always have to best moments and it all started with my mom gossiping about a Kappa Alpha Order brother (my dad's fraternity) even though Dad says it started with Mom whistling at him - to bad she can't! It all changed on a snow day. Mom was enjoying it by sledding when she broke her ankle and needed to withdraw for a semester. Now-a-days a semester isn't a long time to spend way from one another ... we have texting, Facetime, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, our own car, and e-mail. For my [not old] parents, they had home phone lines, only a family car, and letters.
Could you image calling a house phone now and having to ask to speak to someone?! [and remembering house rules: like not calling my house past 9:30 or talking to a parent from day 1 instead of sometimes never]
Maybe it's a change in the times but maybe it's how true love really works. Our generation can't commit to date parties and much less a serious relationship. Look at my parents, they have been committed to one another for over 35 years (legally for almost 32) and their communication was face-to-face (not Facetime) and letters.
So like the article by Mrs. Hager, maybe we should save our e-mails because those are the letters for our generation and for the next to read. But remove that set 'signature' and make it mean something. Tell those you love truly how much they mean to you. It's not that difficult to write a letter. It'll cost you $0.45 ... fourty-five cents ... big deal! If spending $0.45 means a life-time together because you finally told them how you felt, wouldn't you do it?!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Good Golly
P.S.: Here's the link to the interview by Jenna Bush Hager.
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