Fourteen years back, in the initial days of our marriage, my friend was surprised to see my hand-writing. My normal way of writing is Cursive Writing.
She was happy to see my hand-writing wanted to write like that and challenged that she write like that in 21 days. I told her that I have been writing like that almost for 25 years. But still I have to agree that it took me just a week to learn that when I was in 3rd standard. So, it may be possible for her. I wished her all good luck. She wrote in a long size note for a week or so and stopped. We forgot the whole chapter after that.
In the lock-down, my friend and my little-friends were improving many of their skills and acquiring new skills. When my friend saw our little-friends Cursive hand-writing, her interest in Cursive writing got rekindled. She took an old four line note and started practicing, including both small and capital letters. She came to me whenever she had doubt. So, 14-years after her initial attempt, she started re-attempted it seriously.
She kept on practicing, day-in and day-out. In the mean time, I taught her the basics of Cursive writing, like the letters can either lean to the right, or it can remain straight. But it should not lean to the left. Leaning to the left is not cursive writing. Cursive writing originated in the days of dip pens, and this kind of writing, helped to write without lifting the pen from the paper, between each dip. It normally leans to the right, in a similar way a person leans to his write while running. I re-iterated the fact that Cursive letters should never lean to the left, as leaning to the left will actually slow down the speed of writing.
Her hard-work finally won. She was able to write in Cursive with speed and accuracy. Congrats to her, that she won in her challenge after 14-years.
Below, I proudly present her Cursive Hand-Writing.
- Pavala.
9.6.2020
