Ephemera

Ephemera: big word for all the little bits of paper stuffs we tend to keep. Mom was an organized hoarder, and had plenty of it!

I took all of it, and I have been sending notes and letters to her grandkids to use it up.  

I got to thinking .... and I do way too much of it lately! .... before internet, email, insta, etc., folks would send snail mail and then you'd receive some back. It was a way to communicate.  Mom was part of that generation, and never moved out of it. When she sent mail, it was with the expectation that she would receive mail back. Maybe that's why she hoarded note cards and stationery, and quit sending notes as she didn't get any back.

So I've been sending it out without expectation. It's the same with the kindness rocks and art abandonment projects I've done.  The goal is to spread smiles, without expectations! 

Hand painted card .... "Let's fly away!"