LETTER WRITING

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL? 

I KNOW WE DON’T GET MUCH MAIL DELIVERY ANYMORE BUT I USED TO LOVE THE ANTICIPATION OF OUR MAILMAN’S ARRIVAL BECAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS THE CHANCE THAT THERE WOULD BE A LETTER FOR ME MIXED IN WITH THE JUNK MAIL.

NOWADAYS ALL WE SEEM TO GET ARE FLYERS OR BILLS.  NOT QUITE AS EXCITING.

THE OTHER DAY I DECIDED TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE 7 LETTERS.  SOME WERE INSIDE BIRTHDAY CARDS , ONE WAS A FATHER’S DAY CARD, AND THE REST WERE JUST FOR THE FUN OF REACHING OUT TO MY FRIENDS.

PEOPLE RARELY WRITE LETTERS ANYMORE. HECK, MOST PEOPLE DON’T  EVEN KNOW HOW TO HAND WRITE ANYMORE.  CHILDREN ARE VERY GOOD TYPISTS NOW. AND I’M NOT SURE THEY STILL TEACH LONGHAND IN SCHOOLS.  AND THIS MAKES ME SAD.

LETTERS ARE SOMETHING ONE CAN SAVOUR.  I HAVE NEVER ‘SAVOURED’ AN EMAIL.

I REMEMBER SENDING A LETTER TO A DEAR FRIEND AND SHE CALLED ME TO SAY THAT SHE HAD NOT OPENED IT BECAUSE EVERYDAY SHE WOULD JUST LOOK AT THE LETTER PROPPED UP ON HER DRESSER , IT GAVE HER SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO ,AND SHE DIDN’T WANT THAT FEELING TO END!

I HAVE KEPT EVERY LETTER MY (NOW) HUSBAND EVER SENT TO ME . WE WERE APART MANY TIMES DUE TO SCHOOL OR WORK AND IT WAS ACTUALLY  VERY ROMANTIC TO RECEIVE A LETTER FROM HIM. AND LETTERS HAVE BEEN A WAY FOR HISTORIANS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PAST. THEY HAVE BEEN THE LIFELINE FOR SOLDIERS DURING WAR TIMES AS WE ALL KNOW. BUT MAYBE A LETTER IS A LIFELINE NOW FOR PEOPLE YOU MIGHT KNOW WHO ARE LONELY .

AND GUESS WHAT? IF YOU NEVER WRITE A LETTER IT IS NOT AS LIKELY YOU WILL EVER RECEIVE ONE..HA HA.

WHY NOT WRITE JUST ONE ‘OLD FASHIONED’ LETTER TO SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE THIS WEEK? TELL THEM HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU. I BET YOU IT WILL ABSOLUTELY MAKE THEIR DAY WHEN IT ARRIVES. 

AND WHO KNOWS?  YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY RECEIVE ONE IN RETURN!