Why Letter Writing Could Save Your Life

Brenda H.
5 min readNov 25, 2021

“A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often — just to save it from drying out completely.” — Pam Brown

Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash

Anita turned 90 years old this summer. But with Covid, she couldn’t be surprised with an in-person party, so her family threw her a card party.

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Brenda H.

Writing & reading are life changing. #lifelessons, #spirituality, #aging, #mentalhealth, #language, & #productivity.