I have been discussing this idea of the lost art of writing letters and creating friendship books to send to one another.  When we were younger we used to love pen palling and sending various stickers and other items in our letters to one another.  But it seems that with the latest technology of computers, that art is being lost in the growth of internet and emails.

Sometimes I would love to just sit and read over past letters that I have received and kept so that we can pour over the latest family updates, or sharing the latest gossip, passing on favorite recipes and sharing our dreams and goals with one another.  We tend not to do that when sending emails.  They are more quick replies to questions or sharing links to information on the internet.

I also miss the family newsletters that used to be sent out.  The creations of stories that family members have participated in and passed onto friends to take a peek into their lives that past year.  Where are all the family newsletters?

Do you remember how you used to look forward to the letters from your grandparents?  The care packages from your parents that would arrive in the mail with a letter from mom.  Or how when your child went away to camp for the summer and would send home letters sharing their fears and cry of homesickness.

Do you remember when your friends would move away and you would send packages of stickers, magazine articles that they had read and wanted to share with you.  Or the wonderful decorated friendship books that would arrive in the mail with various friend's signatures and poetry that you would also add to and then pass along to the next one on your list.

I would really like to renew this lost art of letter writing, creating a safe group of pen pals to share information, ideas of living, homesteading information, creative projects that you want to explore, small scrapbooks etc.

Is there anyone else out there that would be interested in creating and participating in this type of project.?

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