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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Card sending has definitely dropped off. We have this cheap cardboard "wreath" that holds cards, and in previous years it was overflowing and I had to double up some photos. Last year I think it looked particularly sparse. This year it's mostly full but definitely no doubling up.

Here's the thing . . [b]. sending a card is an act of love.[/b] It's about spreading joy. It's about trusting that people love you and want to know what you're doing. It's also about trusting that if they don't send you a card, it doesn't mean they don't care. I seriously doubt there are Scrooges out there merrily crossing people off their lists. People are just overwhelmed and tired and cutting themselves some slack. So when you get that, "OMG I got your card, love it! Wish I had the bandwidth to send cards myself!" text you think, well this is nice. We wouldn't have had this interaction if I hadn't sent you my card. I'm glad you received it with love and reached out. And you send a nice text back.

That's all. Don't overthink it. Don't internalize it as rejection. Spread love, and receive love, and recognize that things are shifting from paper to electronic. And while I would take a mailed card over a text any day, I also love our planet and recognize that flying little pieces of paper all over the country perhaps isn't the most eco-conscious way to show people you care.

I don't do posed pictures for the card. I just find some picture of all of us from our year where we're together and looking happy. Yes, it's usually on summer vacation. If you like wearing matching plaid shirts and posing next to a bale of hay surrounded by Autumn-themed tchotchkes, more power to you. But that's not us, and if you can't appreciate that about us and need to judge us, you're being a bit of a Scrooge. It's not a contest. It's just a way to reach out and show people you care about them. Same thing goes for not hand-writing labels. I have tremors in my hands and we sent out over 300 cards. If you like hand-writing yours, again, great! Let that fill you with the spirit of the season. But judging people who can't or don't do it that way . . . is that negativity really necessary?[/quote]

I feel so loved by the car dealership and the veterinarian. [/quote]

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