Pen To The Paper

Fern walked in the den wearing her glasses and carrying her notebook and pencils. She started writing and told John, "I'm gonna be a mama."

At home one day, Burl brought me leftover valentines and asked if he could send them to his friends. He asked me to write a letter to each of them. One of the letters is pictured below; the other said something similar but included, "thanks for fighting with me." He's learned to write his name, so letters are one of his new things.

John pointed out that they're doing this because they see me do it. It's true-I've been journaling since I was a child and I write letters almost daily, so naturally these small events thrilled me.