poor penmanship

Not long ago I had the chance to observe the handwriting of a couple of my grandchildren and found myself mentally comparing their penmanship (does anyone remember what that is?) to what I had to practice as a child.  I've always prided myself on having decent penmanship. Then today, while enjoying a weather day off from work, I decided to write a letter, actually write a snail mail letter, to my sister-in-law who is recovering from a roll-over accident when she hit some black ice on a down hill slope.  Happily. she is recovering well out there in Spokane but I thought she might enjoy a letter. So I wrote a letter, two whole pages and was actually appalled at the state of my handwriting, legible I think, but certainly not elegant. And, to add insult to injury, no spell checker. Gasp! Do you realize what this means?  I've become totally reliant on e-mails and text messages.  I have a plan though.  The next time I get the urge to "write" a letter, I will type it, convert it to a font that looks like handwriting, print it and mail it.