Letters
I decided to write to my Mom and my best friend Lindsey. I chose to write to my mom because she means a lot to me. She has been there for me through everything, she is not just my mom she is one of my best friends! And I wanted to write to my best friend Lindsey because she moved to Texas with her boyfriend and I wanted to let her know how much she meant to me as a friend. I decided to send the email message to my mom because I live with her and she is on a computer at work all day, so I knew she would get it right away. And I wanted to send Lindsey the letter in the mail because it is always exciting to get personal mail when you move to a new place.
Because I sent my mom the letter in the email, I noticed that I didn’t write it as sentimental as I normally would. It just seemed more and more impersonal as I was writing it, because it was in an email and she would be reading it at work. There is something very detached about sending a personal letter as an email. My intensions were to sincerely and seriously tell her how much I appreciated all that she does for me, but I switched gears a bit as I was writing it. I did thank her for being her, but I did it in more of a cute way. Kind of like the tone you would use to brighten up someone’s day rather than making someone cry with happiness, if that makes sense. It was also much shorter than the letter I wrote to my friend, perhaps because I didn’t want to go into too much detail in an email.
In the letter to Lindsey it ended up being very long, partly because my handwriting is large and therefore the letter turned into about 4 pages. Unlike my moms letter this one was much more serious and I was able to completely release all my thoughts. I think there is something really special about getting a handwritten letter from someone. Because it shows that you took time out of your busy day to do something just for that person. In the letter to Lindsey I used different language in different ways. Clearly when talking to my mom the word love was used in a different context than when I used it in reference to my friend. I also used slang in the letter to Lindsey and I think I even used bad language, which I didn’t and wouldn’t do in a letter to my mom!
They both responded to me, which made me happy because it showed they really cared that I took the time to write them a letter. My mom replied back in an email and Lindsey called me. My mom thought it was very sweet of me to send her the email; she said it made her day. She was also curious as to why I chose a random Thursday to write her a letter like that, but I later explained it was for a class. Lindsey called me and was very appreciative about what I had written to her. She was very excited to get a letter in the mail, because it’s such a rare thing now days to get one. She said she even shed a tear when she read it. Despite the different methods of creating the letters, both my mom and Lindsey returned the sentiments in their responses in a positive way!
