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A Letter to Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries

Sheila Moeschen | Posted 05.09.2013 | Comedy
Sheila Moeschen

I cannot tell you how many times I have passed by one of your magnificent fashion clubs -- the seizure-inducing bass thumping, the lighting dimmed just so (what would you call that? Disco lighting? Marvelous!), the stifling scent of the latest Diddy fragrance coiling around shoppers.

A Letter To My Best Friend After Her Wedding

thoughtcatalog.com | Posted 04.10.2013 | Weddings

Dear best friend, Well… it’s been one week. Do you feel different? Because I do. ...

To My 2-Year-Old

Shannon Sutherland | Posted 05.19.2013 | Parents
Shannon Sutherland

When I see you walk the streets of New York, it makes me cry. You look like you fit right in and that you are your own, independent person. It's as if you were never a baby who fell asleep in my arms. You look like you just showed up one day, fully-formed. It's amazing and incomprehensible.

Letter to Ireland Answered -- 28 Years Later

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.05.2013 | Weird News
Megan Smolenyak

Not long ago, I received a response to a letter I wrote to a stranger in Ireland -- in 1984. Making the experience more peculiar still is the fact that the gentleman I contacted had passed away in 1990. Perhaps I should explain.

Paul Brady

Is This The World's Loneliest Post Office?

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Brady | Posted 03.11.2013 | Travel

In the middle of the South Pacific, one of the world's most remote post offices continues to do brisk business in stamps, as tourists from around the ...

Letters From the Mountain

Sierra | Posted 04.03.2013 | Arts
Sierra

Steve Matteson -- who created the default fonts on the Android and Windows smartphones and the letters players see when they turn on their Xboxes -- finally decided to create a set of letters, he says, "for the sake of making myself happy." He looked to the mountains for inspiration.

A Letter to My Future Soul Mate

Mark C. Miller | Posted 03.17.2013 | Comedy
Mark C. Miller

Is this woman my soul mate, Julie? Who knows? At this point, I'm not even sure what it would feel like to have a soul mate.

Dear America, Join Me in Writing a Letter From the Heart

David Wilson | Posted 03.16.2013 | Good News
David Wilson

How many of our children have held a hand-written letter in their hands and read it over and over again? How many have stored them away and pulled them out when they're having a really tough day?

A Letter to My Walking Daughter

Shannon Sutherland | Posted 03.12.2013 | Parents
Shannon Sutherland

Dear Amelia, Recently, you took your first step in becoming independent... you learned to walk. I still make you hold my hand so you don't run away, but you don't really need my help. This is the first of many milestones you will meet but to me, it is the happiest and saddest.

How I Found The Real Fountain Of Youth

Dinah Berland | Posted 02.26.2013 | Fifty
Dinah Berland

With two grandchildren of my own, girls who are now 10 and 13, I have been thinking a lot lately about the grandparent-grandchild relationship, specifically about what makes our bond so special, precious and different from all others.

Farewell to the Letter: Hello OMG!@e-speak

Terence Clarke | Posted 02.10.2013 | Books
Terence Clarke

Letters hold together. Emails often have nothing to grab on to. Letters call for contemplation and soulful enjoyment. Emails call for very little. So, my wish for the return of real writing has not been fulfilled.

Elvis Presley's Letter to President Nixon (PHOTOS)

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 01.29.2013 | Weird News
Alexandra Holzer

What if you fell upon a piece of Elvis Presley history? After all, he was just a mere mortal, right? Well, to millions around the world he is as much as a magical being as he ever was when he first began his career as a musician and actor in the '50s.

On the Loss of a Friend

Judith Greenberg, Ph.D. | Posted 01.27.2013 | Women
Judith Greenberg, Ph.D.

I met Jonieke in 1989. We were interns at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice, Italy. Jonieke and I belonged to a group of 20-somethings who assembled on that magical group of islands in a museum that had been the home and private collection of an eccentric heiress.

Saying Goodbye To My Sister

| Posted 11.13.2012 | Teen

This is a regular column featuring original poetry and fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, the online community writing site for young ...

My Vote for Your Future: A Letter to Larkin

Joan Fitz-Gerald | Posted 01.02.2013 | Politics
Joan Fitz-Gerald

The following is a letter to my granddaughter, Larkin, who was born last year. Maybe when you become a grandmother, your perspective on a lot of things changes. As I think about what kind of world my beautiful granddaughter will live in, it's hard to overstate how important this year's election really is.

10 Surprising Facts About Wedding Invitations

Posted 11.01.2012 | Weddings

Turns out there's more to wedding invitations than just a card and an envelope. Simply Bridal dug up 10 facts about wedding invitations you didn't...

Letter in a Drawer

Bill Marriott | Posted 11.10.2012 | Business
Bill Marriott

Long before Ronald Reagan started the tradition of leaving a note behind in the Oval Office for the next President of the United States, my dad left a letter in my desk drawer when he stepped down as president. That was way back in 1964.

Fitzgerald, Kerouac, Bukowski, and Words for Young Writers to Live By

Alex Layman | Posted 11.05.2012 | Books
Alex Layman

In 1938, F. Scott Fitzgerald received a story from family friend Frances Turnball, who was looking for feedback on her writing. In response, Fitzgerald crafted a letter containing advice for young writers worthy of marble etching.

Dear President Obama

Aleida Fernandez | Posted 10.27.2012 | Politics
Aleida Fernandez

Mr. President, you are my Kennedy, my Reagan. It was you who made me interested in the political discourse, and what our government is doing. It was you who made me register to vote the first chance I could, even though it was not an election year.

The Remarkable Discovery I Made In An Old Trunk Of Letters

Karen Dukess | Posted 10.08.2012 | Fifty
Karen Dukess

I have an old trunk full of letters written to me when I was at camp and at college and living abroad. I have letters written on onion-skin paper and on pages ripped from college notebooks. I have love letters from old boyfriends and letters from friends I never thought I'd lose touch with.

Mother Always Said, 'Don't Talk to Strangers'

Michael Blomquist | Posted 10.06.2012 | Comedy
Michael Blomquist

Here I am in Edinburgh actively making myself vulnerable to strangers each and every day.

Long-Distance Relationships Are Not So Bad... Now

Nicholas Ferroni | Posted 08.25.2012 | Home
Nicholas Ferroni

There is no doubt that as long as there have been relationships, there have been long-distance relationships, and technology has truly improved our ability to communicate across distances.

In Which I Advise a Young Baby

Hillary Rettig | Posted 08.27.2012 | Healthy Living
Hillary Rettig

My friend and his wife recently had a baby -- the gorgeous Toby. And they did something completely cool, which was to ask friends concerned with social justice to write letters to Toby, which they would publish in a book.

Letter to My 18-Year-Old Self

Natalie Thomas | Posted 08.22.2012 | Women
Natalie Thomas

When you think back to your younger self and where you've come since then, are you satisfied?

LOOK: Why Reagan Denied Seventh Grader's Request For 'Disaster Relief'

Posted 05.18.2012 | Parents

In the years since it was first started, Shaun Usher's blog Letters of Note has brought fans more than 750 missives from famous figures past and prese...