Written letters are a dying art form, this is a sad statement but it is true. Since the internet has taken over nobody writes letters to send via “snail mail” anymore. Our generation is all about instant gratification, so the fact that an email can be sent in seconds appeals to us. But in completely ignoring the craft of hand-written letters we are letting an art form die. My good friend Meredith Simmons was tasked with the job of typing some 100-year-old love letters for her father’s boss. He asked her to do it because his grandmother was losing her eyesight and she wanted to know what the letters said. I got the privilege to see some of what these letters said and at times I was close to tears because I could just feel the love pouring from the pages. The language they used was so sweet and it made me sad to know that our generation has fallen so far as we have. In the letters they would call each other things like “my dear love”. We can look at these letters in our families past and know so much about them. Future generations will have nothing like that from us, they will be completely oblivious to what we were like and it is a real shame. It really doesn’t take much time to write a letter, and yes it may take a while for it to get to where it is going, but it can really make someone feel special. Just think about anytime you get a letter in the mail; it makes you feel good, right? Why not make someone else’s day and send them a letter. Who knows you may get one back, and a dying legacy of a beautiful art could be brought back.
Claire Kuda
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