Speaking as a mother of teenagers, I can absolutely tell you that letter writing is becoming obsolete. Take my oldest who was at Basic Training in Ft Jackson, SC. The only communication they were allowed for 11 weeks was a telephone call MAYBE once a week (for all of 1 minute) and letters. Being one of those crazy mothers that insist on hand written thank-you notes, he was already primed for this....I even got a "thanks, mom, for making me do that when I was a kid" from him. Ha!

He could not beleive the number of guys who came to him who had no idea how to address an envelope. The same thing happened when he went to college. As a plebe, cell phones were confiscated and the only communication was letters for the first 9 weeks. Guys went to his room to ask him how to address envelopes or to make sure they did it right. He even described some of the "fomats" these guys used....incredible.

I remember learning how to write letters, personal and business, in grade school. I find it sad that the personal touch has, or is becoming eliminated. Are we really in that much of a hurry?

I, too, remember learning how to write personal and business letters in grade school. I must be very old, because I remember learning about concepts such as capital letters and proper nouns! I must be ancient, because I actually enjoy writing and receiving letters!

It's sad that I have to buy a "delivery confirmation" tag for packages that I have sent to friends. So few of them actually write a thank you letter, but with the "delivery confirmation" tag, at least I know that the package arrived safely. One thing that has kept me in the loop with writing letters is the expectation that my grandparents have in receiving them from me. So I write to them every month - it's nice to have to sit down and actually have to think about doing something.