My dear friend Sharon is busily dealing with all the paperwork related to her husband Chuck’s recent death.  Meeting with the financial manager, contacting Social Security, transferring the retirement funds to just her name.  And writing proper thank you notes to everyone who brought food, sent flowers, made memorial contributions to OHSU Parkinson’s research.  As those of my generation know, these notes should be handwritten on fine Cranes creamy papers.  But, as many of us understand, Sharon’s handwriting does not come as easily as it once did.  Ever creative, she combined the best of both  modes — she typed up thoughtful personal messages on her computer, cut them into strips and enclosed them in the Cranes with her own signature.  What a great solution.!