Handwritten Letters

I've always thought there is something beautiful, almost romantic, about handwritten letters. I used to write letters a lot. I had a friend that went to a different school and we kept in touch by writing to each other.

But then we both got the internet, and email addresses, and MSN. We exchanged contacts and stopped writing letters to each other, exchanging them for talking on MSN. As time passed however, the amount we talked to each other gradually dwindled, until we stopped talking completely.

I feel that social media is to blame.

When we wrote to each other it was more personal, and more time passed between hearing from each other so there was always more to catch up on. But with social media, its instant and you run out of things to say more quickly.

Being young, I didn't think to save any of the letters, I just threw them out. Looking back now, I wish that I'd had the foresight to keep them because they were a big part of my childhood.
I also wish that I had somebody who would exchange handwritten letters with me now.
But alas, I do not. And it isn't likely I ever will again.