Monthly Archives: April 2023

Vintage Greeting Cards: Get Well Soon

April 23, 2023Memories, Series, ThingsFound items, get well, mom, sunshine card, vintage greeting cardsDona

Get well soon cards are kind of stupid. Most people don’t send cards to others when they have a cold or the flu, but for more serious illnesses — and people don’t always get well soon in that case.

Just a Note (A Sunshine Card)

I thought this was a no-occasion card until I read the inside more carefully. I like this one — it doesn’t instruct anyone to get well soon.

Just a note. Color illustration of female playing piano with visible music notes rising from the piano as a white poodle looks on.

Can't get there to tell you in person -- So I thought I would drop you a line to tell you I hope you're lots better and soon will be feeling just fine!

No front greeting (A Sunshine Card)

This card is very 70s. It is unusual for a Sunshine card in that there is no illustration on the back. This card wouldn’t really fly today. People are no longer encouraged to tell others to “cheer up”.

Color illustration of female holding an umbrella and wearing a hat on which birds have perched. A dog hides under her rain poncho.

Here’s hoping your sickness blows over (card company not specified)

I remember this card from my childhood. It’s silly and glittery. And what about that “An” instead of “and” on the inside? What’s that about?

Here's hoping your sickness blows over. Color illustration of a man blowing up a balloon, wearing a hat with 5 cents written on a sign on the hat.

....An that you'll soon be on top of the world again! Get well. Color illustration of same man, holding several balloons being lifted through the air above tall buildings.

Dona’s sixth grade report card: Mrs. Anderson

April 23, 2023Memories, People, Series, Thingsgreat teacher, mrs anderson, report card, sixth gradeDona

Mrs. Anderson was the best teacher ever. She encouraged my love of reading. When I entered her class from Miss Jaderman’s class I was initially placed in the lower reading group with a different 6th grade teacher but somehow Mrs. Anderson knew I was a good reader and brought me to her reading group. I don’t think we used typical reading books in her class, but we read real books — and she read to us. After reading each of the books we would often do a special project as a class. For instance, after reading The Hobbit we made a hobbit hole out of chicken wire and papier-mâché. After reading Wind in the Willows we put on a play and presented it to the school. We even did the screen writing ourselves — turning the book into scenes. I excelled at that. We may or may not have put so much effort into the other subjects, but we sure had fun with language arts.

Reading Mrs. Anderson’s comments makes me smile. I don’t know that I knew she considered me a “favorite”. It took me years to overcome my shyness — and I still fall into it now and then.