How You Can Give The Gift Of Healing And Acceptance To A Black Girl On National Letter Writing Day
MN: It sounds like letter writing can be healing for both the writer and the recipient.
Tamera: I think writing sometimes is a form of therapy. I know sometimes people suggest journaling and things like that to help you process what’s going on in your life. So, I do think it’s helpful. I think sometimes if we’re able to free ourselves and talk about our experiences, we’re able to love other people better. It can be like freeing and liberating to write letters. But then it’s lovely to receive them. Cause who even does that any more? When’s the last time you received the letter? It takes so much more care than we’re used to. Now, you know, I just send a text. I don’t even spell all of the words out. I delivered a stack of letters to a bunch of girls at a program and one girl was like, “Wow, no one has ever done this for me before.” She was just amazed that someone had actually sat down and written a letter for her.
