Way back before the typewriter, people had to write words by hand. In those days you needed paper, a fountain pen and an ink well to write. The ink often smudged, causing you to start over. Yes, creating words required money, skill, education and time.

Entire books have been written that contain nothing but words between lovers from an earlier era. Words were chosen thoughtfully and writing words on paper was a poetic art.

Today is different. Words are cheap. We can literally speak them into existence with our phones. No typewriter, no ink, no paper, no flowery prose.

In my family we’ve never been super-wordy. So, we’re lucky if we send each other a birthday card-since it’s a lot easier to send the Happy Birthday!!🎊🎉🎁🎈🎂 text instead.