Unboxing Old Letters

Find an old letter, school note or card from your childhood years and write about the feelings it evokes.

Personal letters, school notes or cards can be a window to your past, unveiling emotions and events you may have forgotten. Find one such note from your childhood and revive the feelings it stirs. Who was it from? What emotions does it rekindle? How have things changed over the years? This prompt induces a reminiscence of past relationships, highlights changes, and encourages an exploration of emotional undertones attached to the memory.