Is letter writing a lost art in this day and age of computers and email? I'd like to hope that it's not. I personally love to get mail in my real mailbox, whether it be a birthday card, a get-well card, a thank you card, or just a note saying hello. It always makes me feel good to know someone is thinking of me and took the time out of their day to pick out a card or write a note, and mail it off to me. I'm pretty certain that I'm not the only one that feels this way. Now, there's nothing wrong with email, I use this convenient service most every day. I even use it to contact family or friends, sometimes to just say hi. It just seems like any more these days people have forgotten the power of receiving real letters.

I was taught at a young age that when I received a gift, whether a birthday gift or a Christmas gift, that I was to write a thank-you note expressing my thanks to the person who gave me the gift. Doing this when I was young helped me, as I became older, to continue the same thing. I was also encouraged to send get-well cards to those who were sick, or thinking-of-you cards to family or friends, or encouragment cards to those who were down. Today I am told by those who have received cards from me how nice it was to get a card, how it lifted their spirits, or just made them feel good. This is the reason the art of writing and sending cards should not go by the way-side. Even though my children are too young to write I still encourage them to color a picture to send to our family. I'll include a note of my own to our family and enclose their picture.

If we, as adults, can continue the art of letter writing and teach this art to our children then maybe sending and receiving letters and cards will not become a lost art in the future.