Love Letters

Love Letters ... Are they a thing of the past? Considered old fashioned? Has technology taken over? In the movie Sex and the City, Carrie asks: "Have you ever written me a love letter?" and Mr Big answers "Does a love fax count?"

Before all this technology came along, people wrote letters, sent cards, to show someone they cared. Men wrote love letters to those they were separated from. Old fashioned movies depict women with a stack of love letters, usually tied with a ribbon.

Different times call for different measures; being innovative and using what's available. But for sentimental gals, how do you hang on to the memories of an email? a voice mail? or a txt msg? Do you save it forever? Or write about it in a journal? Have we lost our sentimentality in this consumable world? Have we lost the art of love letters ??

To me, there's something sacred about the written word, seeing the handwriting of the one you love, written on special paper, perhaps. The authors of 18th century love letters were masters at this form of letter writing. They would use special parchment paper, hand written with a quill; the envelope was sealed with wax and bundled with special ribbon. They were concerned with presentation as well as content.

Words can penetrate into any heart with their sheer current and sensation. Love letters are the most cherished possessions of the lover. But it's not easy to put your overwhelming feelings down on a paper and say it all. With all the new technology, there are websites that can help anyone write a great love letter. With helpful hints, and a turn of a phrase, you can say just about anything, to just about anyone.

In this day and age, no matter which method you choose to convey your words ..........
the greatest love letter of all is the one written from the heart.

HUGS and Love Letters to everyone!