The importance of letter writing?
In my life, letter writing may be the thing that made the difference.
In 1971, for more than a year, and almost 200 letters, I corresponded with a young man I met briefly in Germany.
What did we write about?
Mainly, we wrote about the books we were reading and the ideas that those books generated. How we wanted to live our lives. We shared our dreams and hopes for each of our lives.
It seemed like a natural development that the idea of marriage would appear via airmail on the tissue-thin blue letter/envelope sheets that international mail required at that time.
We married in 1972 and have spent 53 years together, still talking today about books, ideas and dreams.
Our letter writing offered us a window of thoughtful time into each other’s personality that I don’t think could have happened any other way.
Writing those letters has been a gift of a lifetime.
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That’s my big letter story. What’s yours?
And what about the children today that aren’t being taught how to write letters? Texts, emails and emojis don’t expand thought and understanding like a well-written letter can.
I invite you to find out more about a children’s letter writing program, Dearist.
Dearist is being developed by Jenn Yang, a long-time Kids Talk reader.
Consider contributing to the Dearist GoFundMe Campaign, Letters to Humanity.
Because letter writing may be the thing that changes your life, or your child’s life, for the better.
