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know handwritten notes are becoming obsolete, which is
all the more reason to cherish the ones you do get, even if
they aren't quite the conventional lovey-dovey kind.
For example: The Monday after school ended for the year, we
started summer vacation with a bang. I was taking my kids for a
few days to Niagara Falls. Before we left the house, I said, "Who
wants to leave a good-bye note for Daddy? He'll get it
when he comes home from work today:'
I couldn't imagine anyone writing more than a
`Love ya, will miss ya, don't have too much fun with-
out us!' kind of note, so I was quite shocked when
my distinctly un-gushy 14-year-old son took a pen
and paper and spent a few pensive-looking moments
writing. I had to take a peek. He'd written: "Went bike
riding Be back at 7. Bentzi" — and, yep, later that
evening, as predicted, my husband called, his voice
high-pitched with worry, "What?! Why didn't Bentzi
go with you?!"
Ah, the fun you can play with a few words on a
piece of paper!
It reminds me of the time my daughter had
parent-teacher conferences a few years ago. Right before I walked
out the door to meet her teachers, my daughter reminded me,
"Don't forget to leave a treat for me on my desk:'
I was hearing about this custom right on schedule — 10 min-
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utes before my appointed time. I wouldn't have a chance to run
out and buy something. She would just have to be the only stu-
dent without a sweet non-surprise from a parent in the morning.
But then I reconsidered. The next morning, Raizel found a
small pile of crumbs (pinched from the bottom of my bag) on
her desk with a note that said, "Your mother left you something
yummy, but I ate it. Sincerely, the mouse."
I don't think she treasured that note like the one
she came home waving on the first day of first grade.
"Look, look!" she said, giddy with joy. In freshly
learned print letters, it said: "You are my BFE"
Playing dumb, I asked her, "What's a BFF?"
"Mommy!" Throwing me an exasperated don't-you-
know-anything look, she said, "It means we're best
friends for the whole year!" A year is forever for a
5-year-old.
But no letter can top the smudged love letters a
mother receives from her kids when they are just
learning to write. I have a few, but one of my favor-
ites is the one that says in spiky, angry letters: "Dear
Mommy. I hate you. Love, (my child who would disown
me i f I wrote his name here)."
Doesn't matter what the handwriting on the wall says, technol-
ogy isn't always worth writing home about. It just doesn't strike
the same note as a good ol' pen and paper.
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