May 4, 2022 — Isn’t this message one for our times? It was the warm and positive woman who processes your cardthartic.com orders, Madeline Koetz, who first proposed we add paper cranes to our Meanings of Life line, and then went so far as to draft the text!

So whose hearts do you know that might need lifting these days? (Feel free to say your own!) Let me quick tell you about one many of you also know …

Sorry to say, Cardie Oma Hannlis went back into the hospital last weekend and, while her vitals are exceptional for 98, she tested positive for Covid. 😞

The messages this community has penned in the hundreds of cards you’ve sent H over the years have boosted her spirits again and again. When I spoke with her late last week, she closed with, “Many greetings to the cardies!” and was going back to watching The Sound of Music for the umpteenth time … apparently it soothes her sweet German soul to sing along to Edelweiss.

Should you want to let Hannlis know you’re wishing her “peace, hope and healing” now, the best address is:

Cardie Oma Hannlis
℅ Naomi Patterson
904 Taxus Drive, #301
Odenton, MD 21113

Here is Hannlis with Naomi in happier and healthier days. Given that H has always considered Na the daughter she never had, being your mail carrier will surely lift her spirits, too.

In our support & encouragement section you’ll find a selection of cards that may fit the bill for those you wish well. As you look through those designs and then go on with your day, may peace, hope and healing reach you along the way.  Thanks for caring!

Jodee Stevens
Founder & Chief Creative