Here are a few tips to make a letter nice for your son or daughter (or anyone for that matter) to read. Somewhere in your letter include a part that: - Tells them what you like about them ("I wanted to write because I think you are . . . ")
- Talks about the interests you have in common
- Talks about what you'll do together in the future
Include pictures - who doesn't love that! They can show all their friends and put them on the wall. Questions are good too! Not too many though, that will get overwhelming (I highlighted the questions so that it was easy to go back and answer them in the letters I wrote to my son.)
Sitting down to write a letter after so many emails for so long can feel kind of awkward and maybe even a little uncomfortable - kind of like you're going to run out of things to say. You can always talk about what's going on in your own life. What's happening in your day right then and there. What your plans are for the next few days or weeks.
If you're still drawing a blank - describe where you're sitting, what the weather is like, what you had for dinner, what kind of tea you're drinking at that very moment and what music you're listening to. . . stuff like that.
If you try journaling a little throughout the week, you'll be able to reference some of those entries in your letters and jounaling it helps immensely with your writing practice.
. . . to be continued.
blessings,
Tamera
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