Memoir Letters

First of all, I apologize for not having updated my blog more frequently.  There has been a lot going on and things have been quite busy, but now things are starting to settle down and return to a normal pace.

For some time now, I have been wanting to write a letter to a former "friend".  It has been quite difficult just getting started, I've played with the idea in my mind, but commiting to it, is another matter.  Any rate, I have finally started writing this letter today.  Needless to say, I plan on taking it through a few drafts as this will be the only letter and probably the only contact I will have with this person as we will no longer see each other or communicate with each other in any way anymore.  The situation is slightly complicated.

At any rate, I have begun writing this letter, and it has taken me down a painful path.  In the past couple of weeks, my luck has turned and things have started to change for me.  I wanted to write this letter, because I believe in the power of personal letters (those things with ink and paper which actually takes thought).  I even use a special pen, ink, and paper for this letter.  Since I will no longer communicate with this former friend, I wanted to express how I truly felt and how I hope they will remember me.  Writing this letter is a kind of memoir, as I will keep the drafts and hope that my former friend will keep the actual letter.  I keep everything (almost) that I write.  I have always done this and feel that it is very important.  I would like to dream that some time in the far future, younger generations will have an interest in our lives (as we have interest in Beethoven's letters, and Shostakovich, etc.) and will seek whatever writings we have made.  I haven't done a lot of geneology work, but from what I have experienced, it is quite amazing to read the letters and really get inside the minds of my great relatives.

Anyways, I will post or repost, as I finish and eventually send this letter, my thoughts.