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Dear Reader,
Little kitty footprints on my kitchen counter--they're not supposed to be there...it's a no-no for my cat Barry. Yet those little footprints make me smile and think of how much fun Barry brings to my life.
If the alarm clock in my bedroom reads two o'clock, but it's really five o'clock, it's "Paul time." Changing the time on Grandma's clock, it's the footprint my 5-year-old grandson leaves behind when he comes to visit. But I don't mind, because every time I have to reset the hands on my clock, I smile and think of my grandson. (Even though before I caught on to "Paul time" I was late for an appointment.)
"How high do you cross your T's?" It's a footprint that Blaize Clement, an author friend of mine, left behind and it drives me crazy every time I handwrite a note to someone and have to cross a T.
Before Blaize passed away she wrote a short book about crossing your T's. A psychologist earlier in her career, Blaize's theory, "The way you write the letter T is a coded message from your unconscious. If you learn to decipher the code, you'll know what you can expect from life. If you cross your T's high, you have high ambition and the necessary self-confidence to reach your goals. If you cross them low, you don't think much of yourself, and you don't expect to amount to much."
Blaize couldn't get her book about crossing your T's published. Every editor she submitted it to declined, reasoning nobody uses cursive anymore. But I'm living proof they were wrong. In fact, I think the book would have been a bestseller, because I can't get her theories out of my mind. Whenever I'm handwriting something, when I finish a sentence, I'm compelled to go back and double check--how high did I cross any T's? And if any top-of-the-stem crossings are too low, I add another line, and another, and another if needed. Consequently some of my T's look more like telephone poles, with multiple crosses headed towards heaven, but they make me smile and think of Blaize.
My cat's on the counter, my grandson's messing with the time on my clock, and an old friend is driving me nuts whenever I handwrite a note--footprints of love in my life.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
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Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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