Letters for far-away

It has been a while now that I have gotten into the habit of sending letters to the dear ones whom I can't communicate via computer... what a blessing that is, to write letters! They are frequent, and most of the time just short notes--or something taken from this blog, printed, and a few lines added by hand. I get no response from either my aunt or my sister in Germany--this latter one does email occasionally--but it makes no difference. I feel connected to them and just the placing of the letter out for the mailman is for me a source of such joy!