Lotsa letters

I was digging in some of my old stuff, when I found my shoe box of "PenPal Letters". Last time I sent or received a letter was 5 years ago...and then.. I don't know it just stopped. So I was browsing the letters, and looking at the nice things people wrote and sent,from China,Estonia,France,South Africa,Slovakia,Netherland, and then it hit me.. I missed writing penfriend letters!!

I chose to write to my longest correspondant, Taro, from HK,China. I didn't know if her address was still valid, I didn't want to e-mail, so that I won't spoil the surprise and it's been 5 yrs ,so I'm not sure if she'll even know me, or be interested in writting back, so I wrote to her and sent her the letter by the time of her birthday, merrier surprise. :)

3 weeks later, I received a reply! She was thrilled, said she'd stopped snailmail as well, but she did remember me, and that she'd love to resume writing again :) lots have happened in both our lives in those 5 yrs, and it was very interesting to catch up :) Also started with a new correspondant, HeidiLinde from Germany and it's going grt...

There's just something in writing letters and reading other people's handwriting with small doodlings around ,that makes it intimate and nice... no matter where technology takes us,jumping from phones to e-mails, to chatting, and next it's probably telepathy.. I still like the postman leaving me something to physically open and find little surprises within :D