write more letters

Finally got a letter in the mail box to my friend Gigi!

I want to set up some parameters for this goal since it is so open-ended.
Time period: 3 months- March, April, and May
People: Grandma, Gigi, Emma, My big sis, my niece, Anna, Haley, – any other friends I can think of.
- Old host family
-Send at least one letter to each of the people on the list.
-A minimum of two letters a week
-So in all—48 letters.
To purchase: More stationary and stamps, cards, new address book.
-Collect more addresses and compile them into one book.
-Check on birthdays coming up during these months.
Benefits of goal: It would be a nice thing to do to let others know that I am thinking of them and I would hopefully receive letters in return which is always exciting.
I will check into my 43 things site every week about this goal.

I have written two letters in the past two weeks to one of my friends in my home town. I decided to start a Pen-pal scavenger hunt with her. We give each other a fun or challenging task in each letter. This week: write be-lated birthday card to another friend. Write a letter to a lady I used to provide in home care to.

During my senior year of high school I lived abroad as an exchange student. My best friend wrote me about two or more letters a month that year. She would make her own postcards with pictures that meant something to both of us and would draw cartoons of what was going on at home. Getting her letters in the mail was so special and exciting every time. Now five years later she is married and lives in New York and I am abroad again. She wrote me a letter 6 months ago and I still haven’t replied. I feel so terrible, I am notoriously bad at responding to emails much less snail mail. I want to start this goal by responding to that letter.