How to Write a Letter to an Old Friend
Week two of our recommended isolation from the Coronavirus has almost come to a close, and Barbara and I have survived pretty well thus far. We’ve done more reading than we usually do, and we’ve watched more television too. We’ve played games like Scrabble and Qwirkle, and we’ve often walked in the neighborhood. We’ve even started to clean out the attic. We’ve also made phone calls to family, neighbors, and friends, and we’ve communicated on Facebook too. If you have been doing some of these same things, perhaps you are now ready for an activity that is extremely radical, way “out of the box,” and potentially frightening. You might actually be open and agreeable to writing a letter to an old friend.
After all, your old friends are out there. You know they are. You went to school with them. You played sports with them or marched with them in the band. You may have shared your first drink with them or your first job. Maybe you attended the same church. Yet, through the years, you drifted apart, and now that you’re confined to your home with lots of time on your hands, you may be wondering how they’re doing. This is the perfect time to use the Internet to find one special friend and send that person a letter.
I began writing letters periodically a few years back because a person connected to our church is in prison and wanted some personal contact from…
