I wrote my letter to my older brother who lives in Virginia which was weird because I only really communicate with him through text, occasional phone calls, or in person when he visits home. Handwriting a letter wasn’t anything particularly odd or new for me because I hand-wrote all my senior letters for my close friends a few months ago. I like the concept of handwriting letters because it feels more sentimental. I felt the need to fill out a whole page to fill in my brother on my life whereas through text it is confined to a mere 160 characters in one message. Writing this letter gave me the opportunity to reminisce with my brother during this transition to college and thank him for being an awesome sibling so this assignment was super fun for me!

Letters during this modern age may be outdated, but they’re thoughtful and sentimental. It’s a nice form of media to go back to because it means people take time out of their day to sit down and think out what they want to say as opposed to shooting a quick text or email.