November 15, 2010
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Handwritten Letters
A pen and paper note has a beauty to it a computer never will. One can convey emotions written in the ink as the hand moves. Once you write with a pen the words stay on the paper not to disappear with a wrong key stroke. There is something dear about recieving that paper letter knowing the one who wrote it touched it as you do now. A paper letter able to keep it in an old shoe box to read it over and over again without having to log on.
How many times today can we write a computer note only to lose it all with a bad key stroke. How many papers for school lost over the years? It is nice that Word started an automatic save. Yet, not all programs have such the gift.
I hear a rumor that writing with fade from schools due to the computer skills of print. Generations will not learn to read the beautiful cherished letters of old with all the memories they hold share between others. Grandmother's notes unable to be read to her generations beyond. Pages yellow and brittle with time that allow history to come alive of a personal life.
Handwriting can be so beautiful as done by some with all the slopes and loops as they decorate the page. Some way, somehow, I am told I take after my Grandmother's style of writing with her loops and slopes. If relaxed, I write with a hand of old. If rushed with notes, it becomes a code of barely readable chicken scratch. If I be half asleep it becomes a mess I can't even decode.
Things change but those of us who know how to read and write will have a dying skill. Yet, one to be valued as it shows the beauty of human life.
Comments (7)
hand written letters thats a novel thought
For people who are dear to me, I still try to make a point to hand write the letters.
Lovely post.
@TexasTidbits - When you lose a note written on a computer, you realize the value of hand written letters.
I must remember to mail them or it does no good!
i once read a victoria magazine article on writing letters... it said something to the effect of..."knowing that the writer's hand has actually traversed the page..."
i told my mom to hand write her latest apology/letter of understanding to the relative. i think that it's too easy to dehumanize an email/text/computerized missive.
@ehrinn_l - True, a hand written letter is more personal.
This is so true! There truly is nothing like getting a hand-written letter. And it is so amazing to feel the emotions as you write, there is just something wonderful about writing a letter to someone. Something that isn't conveyed over phone or email.
@Knights_and_Fairmaiden - So, so true. When you look in a store there are no longer a large choice of stationary. It is now found in decorative full sheet paper made ready to print. Yet, pretty paper is still out there!
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