The art work is beautiful and is one type of notes I love to send. I am in love with snail mail. Especially writing my grandchildren, who even live locally. I have envelopes of all the letters and cards my husband has sent me over the years, including the ones from our penpal days. He was in the US Marine corps with my brother and that's how it started. I have envelopes of all the correspondence from young men in our program who write while incarcerated in the adult system. I love digital communication, but I love to write a card or note. I often think of the move "The Postman" an apocalyptic look at communication and the power of the letter, lost then found.
Hello Kathleen! Thanks for sharing your love of snail mail with us and glad to hear that you still treasure the letters from your husband! I am skimming through your program's work with youth and it sounds like its doing wonderful work! Do they do pen pal programs with the youth as well? I don't think I have heard of The Postman but will look it up. There are aspects of digital communication I do appreciate (especially the ability to send voice notes and in some cases video messages) and it was surely a godsend when I moved countries but letter writing is a whole other vibe for me.
Your posts always get me thinking Reema. I have never been much of a letter writer for whatever reason - maybe the obligation of writing thank you letters in childhood!? Mm. (Back then I would rather say it than write it!). I do love cards though, and have lots that I have kept along with other random keepsakes in some very disorganised shoeboxes! I also love digital communication. I enjoyed hearing about the joy letter writing brings you, and really appreciate the beautiful little details of the crafting. xx
Appreciating that that has been the impact of my posts for you so far! Interesting point you make about having experienced letter writing as an obligation as a child. There are certain forms of digital communication I prefer more than others which I wish I had mentioned in this post but maybe I will talk more about that in a future post. Especially relevant for those of us who have friends in different places.
The art work is beautiful and is one type of notes I love to send. I am in love with snail mail. Especially writing my grandchildren, who even live locally. I have envelopes of all the letters and cards my husband has sent me over the years, including the ones from our penpal days. He was in the US Marine corps with my brother and that's how it started. I have envelopes of all the correspondence from young men in our program who write while incarcerated in the adult system. I love digital communication, but I love to write a card or note. I often think of the move "The Postman" an apocalyptic look at communication and the power of the letter, lost then found.
Hello Kathleen! Thanks for sharing your love of snail mail with us and glad to hear that you still treasure the letters from your husband! I am skimming through your program's work with youth and it sounds like its doing wonderful work! Do they do pen pal programs with the youth as well? I don't think I have heard of The Postman but will look it up. There are aspects of digital communication I do appreciate (especially the ability to send voice notes and in some cases video messages) and it was surely a godsend when I moved countries but letter writing is a whole other vibe for me.
Your posts always get me thinking Reema. I have never been much of a letter writer for whatever reason - maybe the obligation of writing thank you letters in childhood!? Mm. (Back then I would rather say it than write it!). I do love cards though, and have lots that I have kept along with other random keepsakes in some very disorganised shoeboxes! I also love digital communication. I enjoyed hearing about the joy letter writing brings you, and really appreciate the beautiful little details of the crafting. xx
Appreciating that that has been the impact of my posts for you so far! Interesting point you make about having experienced letter writing as an obligation as a child. There are certain forms of digital communication I prefer more than others which I wish I had mentioned in this post but maybe I will talk more about that in a future post. Especially relevant for those of us who have friends in different places.