Valentine letters

Hi MAllen, There is a song that laments the loss of all the flowers... (Where have all the flowers gone?). Ironically, our electronic system helped facilitate the paperless system at any level. Gone are the week-long wait for the mail from even the next door sweetheart, gone are the telegram, the notes, the postcards. In place are the text messages, images, video, voice mail, email, in various electronic format and medium, can be received almost instantly, anytime, anywhere. They offer great and novel ways of communication, at the cost of fleeting happiness and lost memories. Maybe I'll just take up my guitar and sing my Valentine Song: Where have all the papers gone? Long time passing... When will they ever learn...?

I agree, it's much nicer to send a real snail mail or deliver a hand written card or letter. I love going through old letters that I've received 30-40 years ago. It's like being with that person again even though they are long gone. It always brings a smile to my face and warmth to my heart.

There is nothing that will take the place of a handwritten letter when you want to reach out to someone in a personal way. Your penmanship, the way your cross your T's, dot the I's or the slant of the your words all say a lot about you if the receiver of your letter takes the time to really look at what you wrote. How can that translate in an email or text message? It's just not the same. Unfortunately, I won't be buying my husband a card with any writing on it. He tends to read the message inside the card and stuffs it away in the nearest drawer, lost as to what to do with it. I will send him an email, so he can file it in one of his computer folders instead. sigh.

Though emails are a lot faster and cheaper to send out, I still love to receive written love letters. I think it is more sweet and I love to collect these letters too. I open them once in a while and smile whenever I remember those that was written there and marveled at how long it has been written :)