Friday Fun…Is Yours Legible?

Good morning, Kathy... oh my goodness... with arthritis in my thumbs I could probably blind someone with my handwriting these days!

Kathy, My keyboard sees more action than my pen these days, but I still enjoy sending a handwritten note when it really counts.

Good Friday morning, Kathy. My handwriting has definitely gotten worse.

Good morning Kathy. I am left handed with lousy handwriting. My son is worse. My printing in capital letters is pretty good, so that it what I use for important notes. I don't have any memories of learning in school. Then again I went to the Chicago Public Schools. Enjoy your day.

Thanks for sharing Kathy!!! I still enjoy taking handwritten notes!!!

We take notes and on occasion have to sign something, but for the most part, it's pecking at a keyboard.  Even though texting is quick and easy, we all appreciate a handwritten note, even if it’s just a few sentences.

My handwriting used to be so nice, but it has certainly gotten worse over the years, and it makes me wonder if I have a bit of arthritis, haha.

I find it kind of sad that we no longer teach this in our schools. We have simply dumbed down our school system.

Hello Kathy - unfortunately, my handwriting is no longer legible.  My 90-year-old mom's cursive remains impressive.  

I can write cursive, but tend to print more often than use cursive, the last few years my thumbs have been painful so not writing so much. But I was listening to a program on NPR yesterday and they were talking about a book called The Correspondent, I believe that is encouraging people to write letters to each other. Here is a link:

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/22/nx-s1-5677630/the-influence-of-the-sleeper-hit-novel-the-correspondence

Being old school, I still use paper and pen specific to both my personal and professional lives. My handwriting is legible when I take my time and very artistic, flowing per my husband. I do print and the printing does have little tails not the straight lines I was taught. My sense is one's handwriting gives some insight into the person's priorities and even character. Great post to remind us how much things have changed. 

Hello Kathy, I wish my  parents would of let me be left handed.  Every time I did something left hands the ruler came out.  My handwriting is terrible.

Kathy I still use handwriting to write notes, but handwriting is becoming a lost art.  It is no longer being taught in many public schools.

Kathy, I thought I had heard the districts cut handwriting in schools, which is sad.   I do still write in cursive, but times when we have to print.

Many a day, I was told that my writing is such that I should have been a doctor. 'nogh said!.

Hi Kathy:

Yes, I still handwrite notes, to do lists, and more. My writing is not so neat any longer, and when the arthritis in my hand flares up the writing is really a challenge.

Jeff