My mother was also in that camp. She hand wrote letters and even greeting cards by hand. A typewriter or Hallmark were not up to her standards for excellence. Mom was devoted to her handwritten notes and letters to the end (she died June of 2017 at age 83). I kick myself for not keeping them. Thanks for this warm, beautiful piece and for bringing me back to a wonderful moment of time. ✍️💕
Sep 8, 2023Liked by Joshunda Sanders, Open Secrets
Beautiful! I’ve always loved writing and receiving letters. I buy special cards to always have on hand for someone. I had a pen pal in the 80s from the Soviet Union and I still have all her letters. They are full of beautiful teenage emotions.
I started writing letters for my cousins' birthdays in 2019 who were over eighty years old. We haven't stayed connected; I haven't seen some of them for over a decade. But they have given me positive responses to my hand-written letters, and I am prioritizing this now. And am writing to those cousins in their seventies now as well. I found I had lost the art of writing without making many errors. I would write it on my iPad first, especially for spell-check, then write in long-hand. I am starting to once again, be able to create the letter in long-hand now. Fun stuff!
My mother was also in that camp. She hand wrote letters and even greeting cards by hand. A typewriter or Hallmark were not up to her standards for excellence. Mom was devoted to her handwritten notes and letters to the end (she died June of 2017 at age 83). I kick myself for not keeping them. Thanks for this warm, beautiful piece and for bringing me back to a wonderful moment of time. ✍️💕
Beautiful! I’ve always loved writing and receiving letters. I buy special cards to always have on hand for someone. I had a pen pal in the 80s from the Soviet Union and I still have all her letters. They are full of beautiful teenage emotions.
Ah, what a lovely way to describe pen pal letters in the 80s -- "full of beautiful teenage emotions." I remember those! I feel like I still have them.
I started writing letters for my cousins' birthdays in 2019 who were over eighty years old. We haven't stayed connected; I haven't seen some of them for over a decade. But they have given me positive responses to my hand-written letters, and I am prioritizing this now. And am writing to those cousins in their seventies now as well. I found I had lost the art of writing without making many errors. I would write it on my iPad first, especially for spell-check, then write in long-hand. I am starting to once again, be able to create the letter in long-hand now. Fun stuff!
Thank you for your beautiful essay, and your book sounds fascinating.
This is beautiful x