Thanks to everyone who sent me a card to cheer me up after surgery and losing my dog recently. Getting fun mail has definitely helped. And to those who asked, I’m doing pretty well after surgery - it will be months of physical therapy, but so far, so good. Photos of the cards are here and here.

u/LOTLx7 - What a cool card! Is that a linocut? I love making linocuts and usually only make them about once a year and then wish I made them more often. I bet your card will prompt me to do one soon.

u/Shadowzofsam - I absolutely adore the stickers you used in this card! (I’m a sticker hoarder, haha.) I especially love the ice cream one that has star sprinkles on it (if you remember where you bought it, I might try to grab some!)

u/whitefuchsia - Totally not too childish, I am basically two 5 year olds stacked on top of each other in a trenchcoat, haha. I love the little dino friend!

u/assassinbeamish - your card made me smile on a day I needed smiles, thank you. :)

u/tattoosandmascara - your fun fact about Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt was great, and your homemade cheesy card was adorable. I’ll have to share it with my friend who loves all cheese, haha.

u/google_panda - I loved so many things about this card. Your pup drawing inside was great, and your kind words were very appreciated. Thank you so much.

u/skylineprophets - Thanks for the cute card and the good wishes. I’ll use the little feather for a bookmark or as part of a handmade card. :)

u/pozzledC - Thanks for the kind thoughts and the fun stuff tucked inside your card. The stickers you used reminded me that I have some stickers that are similar to yours somewhere that I haven’t used! I should find them, haha.

u/sawz425 - This was such a pretty card and a very thoughtful note, thank you so much.

u/mypetitmal - I did indeed love the stickers you included on the card! And I’ve been getting lots of love, both from my IRL friends and from lots of folks on here.

u/negsan-ka - Wow, this “Where’s Waldo?” card was hard! I found four of the five horses pretty quickly, but the last one evaded me for quite a while, haha. This was fun, thanks for sending it. (Also, I don’t know if I’ve told you before, but I really like your handwriting.)

u/imeldamail - Gosh, so many fun goodies inside your card! I’ve never seen stickers like those little flower petal ones, those are so neat. And thank you for the reminder to ask people for help - it’s advice that I give to other people but usually have a hard time with myself.

u/polluxopera - Jinx Monsoon is a delight as well, haha, thank you. But if you haven’t seen the UK version of Drag Race, I highly recommend it!

u/pullingback - Thanks for the “sweet” card - those stickers are very fun. I should make some cards like that - I have a ton of the little tiny stickers that come in packs and I never use them all. :)

u/mcsmashley - Your note was really thoughtful, I really appreciate it.

u/ninajyang - Thanks for the frog card! I’m doing ok after surgery, it has actually been easier than some big knee surgeries I’ve had in the past. And of course it always cheers me up to get mail from you all.

Thanks again, pals.