handwritten letters.
does anyone send handwritten letters anymore?
i have to admit the only person i send snail mail to is my grandmother.
(she doesn't even own a computer. i love that).
letters from her always contain these hilarious clippings
from hand-outs she gets from the community center (i think?),
where she goes to eat lunch and socialize every day.
they are chock-full of silly jokes and helpful advice on how to live your life.
i do love getting letters in the mail. doesn't everyone?
why don't we do it anymore?
is there any way to bring it back?
also fun, the pictures of me i've sent her (a long time ago) that she sends back.
i definitely got my get-rid-of-everything-you-dont-need-that attitude from her:
from hand-outs she gets from the community center (i think?),
where she goes to eat lunch and socialize every day.
they are chock-full of silly jokes and helpful advice on how to live your life.
i do love getting letters in the mail. doesn't everyone?
why don't we do it anymore?
is there any way to bring it back?
also fun, the pictures of me i've sent her (a long time ago) that she sends back.
i definitely got my get-rid-of-everything-you-dont-need-that attitude from her:
i think it's so great that you posted this!! lately, i've been thinking the same thing; i keep thinking of certain friends and thinking "i should write them a real letter." but, alas, i still don't. but you've kinda inspired me! maybe you and i can bring this back into vogue :)
ReplyDeletethe other thing is WELL-WRITTEN letters. i don't mean like eloquent to the point of absurdity, but exactly like the ones you talk about -- full of content and entertainment and love. not just vague "hey what's up" --which is how a lot of my emails and texts go... :D
That's hilarious that she sends them back to you. What a sweet grandma.
ReplyDelete:) yes, let's bring it back
ReplyDeleteI ADORE snail mail, and I also adore the feeling of sending it out, knowing it will bring a smile to someone's face as it always does to mine.
ReplyDeleteThe summer we were courting (before cell phones and even before the ubiquity of email) Tim and I wrote a huge amount of letters back and forth between Boston and Austin. We still have them. Who keeps their text messages for fifteen years???