Letters

What is it about handwritten letters that make it so special?

In a technological age, people tend to fancy the virtual messages, but you can't physically hold these messages in your hand. You can't touch the paper and know that some time ago, your friend also had this piece of paper.

Handwriting shows character. Maybe the person likes to write fast and forgets to dot the i's or cross the t's. Maybe the person has terrible writing all together and the words just come out as scribbles. Or maybe each word is written with such precision the words almost seem typed. Either way, the writing itself becomes part of the person's personality. It's a part of the people you can keep forever even when the memories fade away...

Anyways I write this post because last semester, my high school friends and I were very good at keeping up with the old-fashioned mail. We've been slacking recently, but now I've been reminded what makes these postcards and letters so wonderful.