Days fly! But the letters are flying also. Some have reached their intended audience. Some are waiting for updated addresses (in this age of Facebook it is easy to forget that mailing addresses exist...). Some have been sent out anonymously to find their way in the world and its kind of lovely that I'll never know where they went.
I think love letters to strangers, left in public places, might be my favorite.
Well, those and the love letters that get me a wonderful hug in return.
Letter tally since last I posted: One letter to an old friend (that's the one waiting on an address); one to a family member; one to a soldier stationed abroad, one to the wife of a soldier; waiting at home; another to an unknown stranger.
I had great plans to take a photo of each of my letters, to post here on the blog. I am struck by how very reticent I am to do that, now that the letters are being written. Turns out, its a private thing to me, this letter writing. Even those letters that are going to strangers, that contain nothing the least bit personal-- they're private. Between me and the person who finds them...
I've been reticent, too, to write letters to people I know. Its not that I'm short on people I love, nor on the sentiment to give to them. But when I set pen to paper, its a lot of pressure, trying to find the perfect balance, the best way to celebrate and endorse that wonderful person without crossing over into platitudes and mushiness.
Never fear, I have a list! I'll find a way to balance out these more challenging letters with the quick notes to strangers. Those practically write themselves-- no need to hold back on the platitudes when I don't even know who I'm writing to...
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