Letters

There is nothing like old fashioned snail mail. It shows effort, which shows care and love from the sender.  Sending hand written letters is not something I do often enough. It is like journal writing I love it when I do it, but I definitely do not do it enough. There is something about writing that brings a special emotion. Writing down spontaneous impressions from the heart, and sending them to others is unique. I can be an act of service. Serving others always makes me feel good.

I asked my mom yesterday if she thought in 10+ years we would still be receiving letters, have mailboxes, or postman/women? The technology world seems to be rapidly changing. How will I get items I order on-line?, is what I thought. It will be interesting to witness the future technology changes.

Emails are more common now than letters. Since my brother just got home from his mission I was so grateful for email, we could hear from him  once a week! My mom printed all his letters and now he has a binder of the great memories he wrote home about. When asking my father where his letters are, he said his parents threw them away. I was disappointed. His were hand written! Those will be precious to read one day.

Letters, emails, and who knows what next. Text messaging is already a form of writing,but not as precious and special as a hand written letter.

Do you think because technology is rapidly growing that we are loosing the uniqueness of communication? These days seem to be about speed, getting things a quick and as soon as possible.

How can we maintain that precious communication?!