Last week as I continued to get back into sending letters, it was time for a note to my granddaughter. Thinking on the idea this morning, the novelty of snail mail became apparent to me. Other than cards at Christmas and packages we order online, we can usually only anticipate getting bills and junk mail delivered by postal workers. Email was once a breakthrough technology (about thirty years ago). For the past twenty years or more, several waves of social media platforms have become popular and later replaced by the latest phenomenon. I can’t help but imagine how refreshing it must be to go to the mailbox to find a letter handwritten by someone I know. Maybe it’s not the same effect as seeing snow day pics on instagram, but what was once considered obsolete and untimely could find fresh appeal if we would give it a little jump start.
My motivation for getting into letter writing had more to do with wanting to expand on my writing venues; however, a very nice residual effect has been receiving responses from friends and family in the mail.
If you’ve never had the experience of writing or receiving letters by mail. I hope you will give it a try. I can assure you that when your friends see a letter arrive from you, it will put a little smile on their faces.
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