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Published: 9/5/2008 10:25 PM
Last Modified: 9/5/2008 10:25 PM

This Sunday the World is running an interview with Jason F. Wright -- not to be confused with the Tulsa World's own Jason Ashley Wright. Mr. F. Wright is the author of a novel called "The Wednesday Letters," the plot of which turns on a series of notes a husband wrote to his wife each week during their long marriage.

In the course of the interview, I asked Wright if he wrote such letters, and he replied that he did, though not every week. "Maybe once or twice a month I'll write a letter to my wife," he said. "That's probably more than average."

And in today's world, with its email and text messaging and other impersonal means of communication, it is a bit unusual to pick up a pen and make marks on a piece of paper, just to let someone know you care, that you're thinking about this person, that you want to share a bit of yourself with them.

At least, that's what I try to do when I write a note to my wife -- something I've been doing every weekday for the past, oh, 20 years.

She's kept most of them, too -- not that they contain any sort of deathless romantic prose or profound thoughts. Often these notes are utilitarian to some degree -- to remind of what I'll be doing that day, share suggestions about what to do for dinner.
But she keeps those along with the ones that are more deeply emotional. They are all tiny pieces of our life together.

When was the last time you wrote an honest to goodness love letter to someone who means so much to you? Or maybe the question should be, When will you?


Reader Comments 1 Total
mmracer (4 years ago)
In our ever connected electronic world we have lost the art true communication. Everyone is "in touch" but no one knows what is going on. A hand written letter takes time and thought, something people are no longer inclined to do. A letter or a journal can hold a message that can last several life times. It can can convey far more than just the words on the paper. It is a touchstone to a real person in a real place in time. Electronic messages will never do that and most of them will never stand the test of time but will disappear in to the ether from which they sprang.
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James D. Watts Jr. has lived in Oklahoma for most his life, even though he still has people saying to him, "Don't sound like you're from around these parts." A University of Oklahoma Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Watts has received the Governor Arts Award, Harwelden Award and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Beth Macklin Award for his writing. Before coming to the Tulsa World, Watts worked for the Tulsa Tribune.

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