Families of Prisoners Support Group
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I thought i would share what my letters are like to give some ideas to others...I do not just send a letter, I rip out a couple of pages of crossword puzzles, word finds, pages from a hymnal, sometimes i will rip out magezine articles that i think will interest him. I also go to the library every week on my day off and go online to print funny pages to send (like images of ifunny), pages of jokes, short stories, a greeting card, and recently i started xeroxing pages from books at the library to show how to draw different things like animals and flowers. He passes the pages around his pod and it lightens the mood. by the time i am finished putting it all together i have to use full page envelopes lol. i send 2 per week.
What are some of the things that ya'll do with your letters to your loved ones?
What are some of the things that ya'll do with your letters to your loved ones?
Please don't let any of that put you off sending things to your loved ones! I used to send letters to m love almost daily i also was able to send pics, magazine's.....gaming ones and sooooo many car ones! Books normally i would read them first thdn send them to him. I did also send him birthday cards and Christmas cards......yes most places have rules about crads so check it out beforehand.
The other good thing about writing to them theres not a time limit like visits or calls and you can take your time explaining things to them.
My DH and prison penpal both love letters that I send. I send about 1-2 letters a day. Even though they only respond about once 2-3 times a month, I know they love receiving the letters.
for my DH, I use this APP called SPLETTER throughout the day to jot down every thought, every time I think of him. It composes a letter on my phone, prints and mails it to him. So I write a little throughout the day, on the bus, waiting for appt, and I take pics throughout the day and attaches it to the letter all on my phone. then just before bed, I send it using the app and it gets printed and put in the mail for me. Pretty damn convenient!
For my penpal, I write him a continuous story, for about 2 years now, I've been writing him a story about a boy searching for himself in a world of evil. Sometimes it's 3 pages, sometimes its 1 paragraph. But something every single day. I use the same App Spletter for that too, bc all my letters are saved. I swear, I am going to publish that story as a book soon! LOL
I've also played little guess what I am games to my DH letters. but he got bored of that quick. Lol