I've been watching a lot of Felicity, and before you laugh at that statement hear me out. She has this friend, Sally, who she talks to on a tape recorder and sends the tape through the mail. It's really great. Sally is a dear friend to Felicity and someone with whom she feels like she can share her most inner secrets. She tells her all about her day to day and the exciting and mundane things that happen. This show was back before Facebook and only a few characters actually have cell phones, some have beepers (kinda amazing how far we've come). So these tape recordings are the main way Felicity talks to her friend Sally. And then Sally will send her a tape back. It's really great. I promise.
And then I read this post on Thought Catalog about how we should write more letters and it got me thinking...I want to write letters! And how wonderful is it when you receive things in the mail that isn't junk or bills?! I've recently received a few cards for my birthday from some family members and it's so wonderful to read what they write. My dad draws these amazing doodles in all of my cards and my grandpa give me advice on how to fix Washington (we usually don't see eye-to-eye) and I love it. Imagine getting a 2 page letter all about what's going on in someones life, their wonderful experiences, the thoughts they are afraid to speak out loud, the endless possibilities of what they could divulge in eloquent words when they put their pen to that piece of paper and let their hearts flow. It would be a beautiful thing.
So, I ask, will you be my pen pal?
<3 Tina <3
