Even in this age, when everything is done through electronics, many find there is nothing quite like a handwritten letter. Although typing an email is quick and easy to send, which is exactly why people feel that handwritten letters are so much more special. There has been a drop of 10 billion letters in the past 20 years, and the Post Office plans to stop the Saturday morning delivery next year. Samantha Nelson, who has a boyfriend in South Korea, finds that Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail are far worse than her boyfriend's monthly letters. Other couples feel this way as well. One man who received a letter from former president Ronald Reagan said "E-mail can never replace the excitement and thrill of receiving and opening a personal letter from the White House." Erika Garces, 30, tears up when she sees the only letter that her father sent to her when she was 15. "It makes me feel so important," she said.
This is great that some people are still writing hand written letters to others. I only do it in special occasions, and I find that they give the receiver a lot more emotion and gratitude than simple emails. Handwritten letters show that the person took the time and effort in writing it out rather than pushing a few keyboards. I believe that this global interest in better technology has made us forget about old rituals like sending handwritten letters to each other. I think that this activity will make us think more about what we are saying and it is a good practice. It will also give us a break from computers.
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