When did you last receive a letter?

Last week my daughter ordered a whole load of stuff online.

She said she had a need for some retail therapy.

I suggested that it would be cheaper to browse, then delete.

However, the receiving of the parcel was apparently one of the more important elements of the process.

I don’t know when I last received a letter, one which was written by a friend, one which did not require me to phone this number, pay these people or just provided some info I was not really interested in.

I used to write thank you letters every Christmas, send birthday invites through the post, receive magazines and photographs.

They say you don’t miss stuff until its gone, and it’s true. I feel that a letter through the post means so much more than an email, even if only because of the novelty value. I still  have a stack of ones I received when at Uni!

Also addressing letters is a skill which is dying off. My eldest didn’t know how to do it, and though at the time I felt like a failure, it was not surprising that this skill had not been passed on, as I hadn’t sent a letter in years.

So today, take the time, write a letter, and send it.

Send it to yourself if you like.

Hopefully you will help stimulate a smile in the one who receives it.