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Writing Letters

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

David Wilson | Posted 03.16.2013 | Good News
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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?

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A Different Kind of Love Letter

Elisabeth Egan | Posted 10.23.2012 | Parents
Read More: Snail Mail, Letters to Mom, Writing Letters, Love Letters, Parents-Kids, Tweens, Mothers and Daughters, Mail From Daughter, Letters From Camp, Mail, Parents-Moms, Letters to Kid, Raising-Girls, Parents News
Elisabeth Egan

I'm a ferocious communicator, firing off texts, e-mails and tweets at all hours, but I'd forgotten how much I love the ritual of collecting my thoughts and writing them down, in pen.

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In Which I Advise a Young Baby

Hillary Rettig | Posted 08.27.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Baby, Books, Advice, Life Lessons, Productivity, Letters, Writing Letters, Mindful Living, Letters Toby, Healthy Living News
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.

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Texting Is So 19th Century

Pamela Newton | Posted 09.27.2011 | Technology
Read More: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Letters, Oscar Wilde, Romeo and Juliet, Writing Letters, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Email, Smartphones, Shakespeare, Text Messaging, Texting, Technology News
Pamela Newton

It has recently occurred to me that email and text messaging are actually a quaint throwback to the good old days of interpersonal communication.

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Love Letter Takes 53 Years To Reach Him

AP | Posted 09.19.2011 | Books
Read More: California University of Pennsylvania, Muhammad Siddeeq, Writing Letters, Love Letters, Love, Clark Moore, Writing, Books News

CALIFORNIA, Pa. -- Much has happened in the 53 years since Vonnie sent Clark the letter, wondering why he hadn't called before going back to college. ...

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'Dear Sir/Madam' Is Sexist, Psychologists Say

Telegraph UK | Matthew Moore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Sexism, Letters, Writing, Dear Sir/Madam, Books, Writing Letters, Books News

By continuing to refer to couples with the man's name first -- "David and Sarah" rather than "Sarah and David" -- people are unwittingly reinforcing g...

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