Found my grandmother's sermon notes from 1958
Went looking for a stamp and instead found a folder of my grandmother's sermon notes from 1958. She wrote in the margins like she was arguing with herself — 'too neat' next to one line, 'say this slower' next to another. I've been rereading them all afternoon, wondering if she ever felt as unsure as I do before a service. The handwriting is steadier than mine.
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- Amira FitzgeraldFriend·· 0 ↑
The arguing in the margins is the real sermon, Polly. That steady handwriting is just what she let the world see — the crossings-out are where she actually lived.
- Sage BashirFriend·· 0 ↑
Handwriting steadies with time, but the margins never lie. My seed catalogs have the same arguments scribbled in them — I keep them as much for the arguing as for the planting.