52 letters in 2011

I found this challenge online.  I thought it sounded pretty neat and something I definitely need to do more often.   When my in-laws passed away we found a treasure of letters.  Some they wrote to each other when my f-i-l was in the service.  They were sooo in love.  Some of the letters were from my f-i-l's mother while he was in the service.  The most treasured letter was the one my f-i-l's mother wrote to her other son in Germany.  She had written him a letter in Nov. (it was post marked Nov.)  The letter was returned in Jan. with a Jan postmarked also on it, he was killed the end of Nov. and it took the letter that long to be returned.  The war had already ended and he was to be home soon but a tank he was on went over a bridge and the bridge collapsed killing him.  I love reading the letters, they are priceless.   Read below what I copied/pasted and join the challenge!!

“One piece of “real” mail sent out each week. It can be a letter, a postcard, a care package, a thank you note, handmade art, etc. I’m searching for all of the cards and stationary I have collected over the years and gathering them into one place with pens, envelopes (regular & padded), lots of stamps (.28 & .44), a glue stick, unlined index cards (great for making postcards), and a few USPS Small Flat Rate boxes. Oh, and I’m updating my address book.”

I love this. There’s just something about writing an honest pen on paper letter that’s very centering. It forces you to be in the moment. Present. Focused. No multitasking, just writing.
I am going to write 52 letters in 2011. Not necessarily to 52 different people, and I imagine that many of them will actually live in the same city as I do. I invite you to join this challenge. Write to those you’ve lost contact with and write to those you chat with on a daily basis. Write to your spouse, maybe even your own children.