I miss...
I miss the written word…and I mean writing. Remember, the days when we used to pick up a pen and write on a piece of paper (uh, what’s that again?!!!). I do. Perhaps I miss it because it was such an important part of my childhood, when buying stationery was an event and a delight in itself. Buying text books and note books, new, crisp and waiting to be written. Peering through the dull transparent glass was a row of shiny pens, ball-point, “Pilot” pens and the best of them all “
I also miss the letters I used to write, in little beige postcards, which cost all of 15 paisa and the only means of communication between me and my cousins. I miss writing my letters with the proper salutation and a closing, date and place at the top right corner. I miss saving an old shoe box to put all my letters away, letters written by cousins and aunts and uncles and everyone else far away thinking of me for a few moments as they write my name. Now I am just an email id, is it yahoo or g-mail? And I miss pulling out those letters every once in a while, feeling them with my hands, playing games with my sister trying to recognize who wrote the letter from the handwriting. I miss having more letters to pull out and read and re-read. I really miss the written word. Will anyone ever write me a long long letter again, write a letter, and not type a mail?
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SO agree with u... nothing, and i mean, nothing can compare to the smell of fresh paper! :)) i still go to bookstores & smell the books before buying them.
letters... well, maybe we could start writing to each other!?
kp writing!