What an inspiring message.

Thank you for sharing, stirring video.

What a beautifully motivating message. Thank you for sharing.

What a sweet story from this short video. I have kept a lot of my grandmother's old letter writings and she passed onto me the wonderful art of letter writing ever since I was a kid. Out of the five boy cousins, brother and half sister I'm the only one in my generation who has kept the enjoyment of the art of letter writing. I think in this fast faced world the younger generations and we need to be reminded about the joys of the art of letter writing. Especially for young kids and teenagers to be inspired and discover fun new ways to reach out to others across the globe. Where no other kid has gone before.

I'm leaving a legacy of postcards for our kids. Since they were born, I have written them cards. Telling them I love them and am proud of them. Where we've been, and what we've done. I also have them write postcards to themselves! Even before they could write, they drew a picture on their card. My husband also writes them postcards from is travels with work.

I have a few postcards that my grandfather wrote to me when I was around 5 years old. He talked about fishing and snow. They are some of my favorite cards. (Yes, I have many favorites :-)

I love what the lady said about leaving a legacy for the next generation that is written. Very very important.

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video

That is beautiful. My mother exchanged letters with her eldest brother for over 40 years continuing when he emigrated to Australia. Unfortunately, I can't see myself writing regulare letters to my brother. However I do like writing letters to penfriends (mostly with thanks to Postcrossing).

Very Inspiring, thanks for sharing with us...:)

This was very touching, & inspiring...makes you do some thinking...:)

Impressive!
One of the joys of postcrossing for us is seeing the children learning how to communicate with the world via a brief message on a postcard. Some begin with "What do I say?" and progress to "Any cards for me to write today?" as soon as they come in the Library after school.
This postcrossing is such a wonderful idea! Thank you so much to the creators. And thank you to everyone who has sent us a card (or will be sending one.)
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Thanks for sharing! We need to keep the hand writting alive!!

So true!
I hug and keep well every single written word I found from my parents after they died early and there are a few postcards under it. They are so special to me and I hope, my children will also remind how I enjoyed writing. Thank you for sharing!

My daughter is 5 years old and my husband and I waited 14 years for her arrival. Consequently she is very precious to us, all the more so because I am that much older than most moms. Two years ago I started writing a diary for her about every day things; people in the family, holidays and trips we go on; starting school and anything I think of. I don't do it everyday, or even every week but hopefully there will be enough there for her to understand how much she is loved and maybe she can pass that love on to others.

So true what she's saying!
@hcn: what a wonderfull thing to do! Unfortunately, we waited about 18 years before giving up hope, but now I write to my sisters little girl, who always comes cuddling up because then she's "aunties little girl too" . One day I hope she'll understand how much i love her for that little gesture of her, just by reading my notebook ...

I'm absolutely impressed by her speech.
Now I thought about the thing that me and my friends used to write letters to each other in our childhood. Now they're a great memento of these young, naive, happy days.
I hope our habit won't die now, when we have much less time.

Thanks for sharing! However, I have to say that I disagree - I don't think that letter-writing is a lost art at all. I'd agree that there are less people doing it than before, but when I started penpalling again, I was surprised to find so many dedicated letter writers out there. Young people too! I think they're just hiding, or it's not as obvious as people who tweet or connect via facebook etc. It's a quiet, private hobby that doesn't attract attention to itself. That might be why people think that it's a lost art!