Snail Mail is Not Dead

I want to make something clear today, with this short blog post written from a darling cafe in downtown Stockholm, Sweden. 

The art of hand written correspondence is not dead. 

Granted, maybe you haven't received a piece of personal mail in months. Or years. Or ever. (Oh that is so very sad! Let's do something about that.) Maybe you haven't sent a piece of hand written mail in a while. Or you only send birthday cards to a few people in your life. 

This describes most people who I've spoken with. And it gives us a clue as to why many people think the art is dead! It most certainly is not. 

Clues abound.

Take me, for example: I send an average of 10 personal cards or letters every week. In one single day, my record is 80 letters. Yes, eighty. Still don't remember how that happened, but it did. One mug of steamy Earl Grey after another. 

Heard of Mail More Love? They deliver a monthly assortment of cards and tools to create a world with more love in the mail. My kind o' people! And they've got lots of subscribers who know this art is alive and well. ​

Then there's my daughter. She's 4 years old and has already sent more than 100 hand-drawn pieces of mail in her life. She knows where the postage stamp goes, she knows not to draw all over the "address" side of the envelope. This girl costs me some real money on postage, especially now that we are in Sweden and 99% of our mail is sent to California! (That's $2.52 USD per stamp.)

It is money very well spent. Thank goodness, the next generation seems to grasp the beauty of mail you can touch more than my generation.  ​

I had to "push back" on this one. I hear someone say the art is dead every week or so, and it simply isn't. Be part of the joy. Write a letter today!