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You don’t need perfect penmanship. Here are a few ways to build the habit. By Elizabeth Passarella Several months ago, I got a handwritten letter from my sister. We were raised to be prompt thank-you ...

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A man who lost his brother to suicide launched a letter-writing site to try to save lives — and over 400,000 letters have already been sent in two weeks. Ben West, 25, lost his younger brother Sam to ...

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I’m a letter writer. Like my mother before me and her mother before her, I regularly put pen to paper. I know this makes me unusual: most Americans haven't written a personal letter in years. The ...

It was a gift that took eighteen years to make and no more than a few minutes to give. Was the giving momentous enough? Did my son, Hudson, love it with every molecule in his body? Did I feel it had ...

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