Why don't people write notes and letters anymore??

I was helping my mom clean out her basement because they are moving soon and I came across a bad FULL of notes from my friends that were from junior high and high school. I eventually got the time to read all of them and they made me laugh and think about different things that happened then and I was thinking, "It stinks that kids don't write notes anymore." I know that when my sister was in junior high and high school phones had already been out and notes faded because people would just text their friends. I think it stinks because if I wouldn't have found those notes, I wouldn't haven been able to remember all those times that my friends wrote about. There were so many things that I had forgotten about and I'm so glad that I saved those notes. Now, everyone texts and emails more than anything. People even call and have conversations less on phones than they do with texting. So what is it about texting that takes away from writing a note? The thing I love about texting is that it's fast and you don't have to continue on a conversation with someone. Sometimes you just want to say a few words or even just one word and you don't feel like calling the person for that. But I feel like that takes away from the memories that you won't have over the years. Now that I have all those notes from high school, I have memories to share with my kids one day. You don't have that on phones unless you save every text message and your phone wouldn't even be able to hold that many texts.

The same goes with letters. I still occasionally write a full fledge letter to a friend or family member and it makes me feel good. I would LOVE to get a letter in the mail. It wasn't that long ago when people still wrote letters, but I feel like it's so vintage. It's fun opening the envelope and knowing that somebody was thinking of you this much that they had to write a letter. That's awesome! People need to write letters more! That's easier to say then do. People are rushed more these days. Having their phone at their finger tips and sending an email or text is much quicker than sitting down and writing a long letter to a friend. But the letter is more intimate.

For those of you who watch How I met your Mother, phones are like Barney Stinson. They are young and want to quickly get into everything and be over with it quick too. On the other hand, letters and notes are like Ted Mosby. They want to have a lasting relationship and take their time to make sure everything is just right.

I know people still won't write letters and most definitely a professor is not going to catch a student in class passing notes, but people should do that more. Think of your friend or family member who is going to get the mail and see a letter from you. Their face is going to light up and you'll be the most greatest friend they have.