I hope moppetsdad will come back here when he feels able to. Meanwhile, the rest of us must SEEK to keep the thread going without him: it’s what he would want, I’m sure.
I have to get in the ZONE to write ours, as I include a letter in the cards of those people I am not regularly in touch with. All hand-written too, as I try to make each one personal. Definitely takes a while though as I am out of practice writing anything longer than a shopping list!