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| Letters from 5 generations |
My mother was a prolific letter writer, so was my father. They had friends and family scattered around the world, so it was a rare day when the postman didn't deliver a bundle of personal letters.
I have some small boxes of them, including one letter from my maternal great grandmother, grandma and her sister, my mother and her sister and lots which my father and mother wrote to each other.
Some of the letters were written by me, to my parents, along with those from my (young) children to my parents.
Now I am able to add another layer, the first few of many, I hope.
My 8 year old granddaughter has been getting a bit worried about corona virus; too much talk at school, snippets she may see on the news, etc. I decided that she needed a distraction.
Letter writing. It sounds boring, but she has jumped straight in and is really enjoying herself. Every day she writes a couple of letters to me, and I write back to her. I use purple ink (her favourite colour) and make sure that I use pretty stationery, or attractive postcards. Sometimes I use an envelope, other times I turn the letter into a self-folding envelope. Little things, but it keeps it fresh.
I am very impressed with the way she has responded to it all, her letters are a delight to read and I have been told that she still gets a thrill out of every new letter I send her.
Do you still write letters by hand?
