The holidays are approaching so fast. Already, I am receiving those holiday letters as I have a few friends who write their holiday letter about family in October. It seems that many people in this high-tech age no longer write those personal letters.

Donald G Mitchell once wrote: Blessed Be Letters. "They are the monitors. They are also the comforters and they are the only heart talkers. A letter is the warmest way to bid a friend the time of day. A keep in touch that brings the smiles across the very longest miles. And what a world of strength and hope is tucked inside an envelope, reminding loved ones that you are, at least in heart not very far. In no country state or camp, the wealth beneath a postage stamp. For memories that never age are written down upon each page. And though it's nice to telephone, one of the sweetest pleasures known are moments shared in thoughts we send that can be read and read again."

An unknown author wrote the following thoughts: The Letter You Did Not Write. "I meant to write I really did. Each morn I'd say, 'Today I'll get the pen and paper out and send that note away.' So many tasks. My day was full. The months flew swiftly by. Tomorrow I must write for sure each nightfall I would sigh. The sad thing is I really cared. He meant so much to me. He was the dearest friend I knew. How close he'd grown to be. But then the years came crowding in. Somehow, we drew apart. Yet I so often thought of him and kept him in my heart. But now I cannot write to him. He's gone. He'll never know how much he's missed. If you have friends, please write and tell them so. To old friends everywhere, if you will just sit down and write and tell them that you care."

Warm Thoughts from the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea by Luetta G Werner

Published in the Marion Record on November 12th, 1998.
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