When Did Greeting Cards Become Obsolete...?

Thought and Poem

We don’t have to go too far back in time, but there was a time when people showed they cared about someone else by sending them a well-chosen card and sent it to someone by postal mail. It is hard to believe that in the short time that has passed since cards were the “in” thing, that rarely does one receive a card for whatever reason anymore.

I happened to be looking at cards in the card aisle at the local department store and I was impressed with all the different types of cards one can send to someone today. Cards that can talk/ sing or move and also still be inspiring. Interesting, as I have only ever received cards that had flowers or little animals on the front…how did making cards get so improved?

There was a time when one also knew if someone had a baby, graduated, or succeeded in something of recent and they could tell by the amount of mail they got around the time of the event. When someone was sick in the hospital they usually stayed there long enough to have so many cards sent to them that the nurses had to keep picking them up off the floor after knocking them down when taking our vital signs. Today though, with the increase in medical technology, a person is in and out of the hospital long before the glue on the back of a postal stamp has dried on the envelope. ..Then somehow the card will get lost…oh dear.

What about you? Are you are card giver and wish that people would cards to you more often? Share your thoughts with us…Jeanne Claire Probst

When Did Greeting Cards Become Obsolete…?

There used to be a time when there was always something to celebrate or someone to console when they grieved…

Then a nice card we would receive;

Then from reading a card someone did send…

We could see they were hoping to make a difference.

This is a tradition that has almost been forgotten…

Because sending cards today rarely happens…

So when one has a joy or has tears to shed…

And when one is not remembered, it can leave a void instead.

When did humans stop caring about one another…?

And stop up-building each other…?

Why do we fail to remember the “pat on the back” when someone succeeds,

Or to offer a shoulder to cry on when someone is grieved?

How much can a Hallmark card cost?

To send condolences to one who experienced a loss?

Or to celebrate with the one who is celebrating…?

Or to just send a card where we see a need?

Times sure have changed the way people show their support…

People are busy or they may just have forgotten of course…

May we never be too busy or forget…

To show our support…that we might not later wish we had shown such…and then feel regret.

Jeanne Claire Probst

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