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There are a bunch of things in your home that you don’t use. You never intended to use it either; not because you don’t like them, but for the reason that you have unique reminiscences attached to each thing that you possess. They can be either gifted by someone, or you may have bought it fo yourself. You always want to preserve it as long as you can; may it be clothes, crockery, stationery, jewellery, toys etc. So do I.
My dad gifted me a cute writing pen, as you can see in the photograph here. This pen has an adorable cat photograph. This is the famous cat named ‘Puss in Boots’ from the film Shrek. This pen was just standing as a show piece for almost 2 years.
Yesterday, when I was cleaning the showcase I looked at the writing pen and placed it back in the penholder, and moved on. Later in the afternoon, a parcel got delivered and I wanted a pen to sign the receipt. (As a rule, I never find things like nail cutter, scissor, needle-thread, keys, hairclips, stapler, torch, and pen etc ;) in my house.) But guess what; this time I knew where I can fetch the pen.
While I was signing the receipt, with the ‘Puss in Boots’ pen, I also realized, that the ‘Puss in Boots’ kept looking at me, and waggled happily with each letter that I wrote. I was allured by this act. Without ado, I decided, that I wanted to write more with this cute pen. In a jiffy, I pulled out a notebook, and sat down to write.
At the outset, I just scribbled, and drew some cartoons on the notepad just to see and admire the ‘Puss in Boots’ boogie as I wrote. I also realized that it had been ages since I have used a pen for writing. All the writing that I have done in recent times was predominantly on computer, and phone, where I minimally typed my thoughts. Besides, I also realized that my handwriting… now was totally shabby, and illegible! You know… I had an excellent handwriting once, but now I just couldn’t construe my dire handwriting :)
I decided to write this blog post first on the notepad, and then transfer it here.Wow! I was absolutely enjoying writing in this fashion. I know it’s kind of a double work, but I don’t mind.
The entire act of writing seemed magical. As I wrote, I also concentrated on my handwriting. I could see that, the more graceful my handwriting was, the more graceful ‘Puss in Boots’ dance was.
No wonder, kids are trapped by creative stationeries ;) and so are adults. :)
Thank you dad for this beautiful gift; it took me back to my childhood days.
