"To Mail or E-mail…that is the question..."'Judith Whitehead' (Inspirational Monday)

Judith Whitehead is back guest-blogging on this Inspirational Monday talking about good old snail mail verses our fast paced drive through mentality... Judith lives in Amherst N.Y.  She has worked in the ophthalmology field of medicine for almost 30 years...

To Mail or E-mail…that is the question…..

Recently, I read an article that was so disturbing and sad to this generation. The US postal service is in great financial trouble; they are millions of dollars in debt and could become obsolete some day.

What has this generation done to the mail service? Between e-mails, electronic payments, text messaging and face book we have begun to phase out a great part of our history. I can remember back when there were even no zip codes; back in the 1960’s our address would have a zone number such as Buffalo 23 New York. I remember the excitement when we had a full zip code that would get mail to us even faster than ever before. When my husband and I were dating, we lived miles away for several months. We would actually sit down and write letters to one another. Phone calls were too expensive and we would save that luxury for the weekend rates. Each day we would check our mailbox for a treasured letter from each other.

Does anyone even write letters anymore?? Now the preferred way to communicate is with e-mail or texting. Cell phones and computers have put the postal service out of business; something we tried so hard to make International in the 1950’s is about to become history in a matter of years. I know we all have to go along with progress, but I never thought that the U.S. mail would become a part of history that our young children will learn about only in history books.

I for one do still send real cards through the mail, not e-cards and like to pay my bills writing a real check at my desk. If computers all crash some day we will be s-o-l……Hang on to this piece of Americana and send a letter to someone once and a while. It may shock them and you may enjoy actually sitting down with pen in hand for a change.

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