I miss handwritten letters

I can’t remember now the last time I got a real letter..These days all the addresses are typed and even cards may come by email.Why does it matter?
How nice it was when mingled with the bills there was an envelope with your name on with handwriting you recognised.
When I became  an adult this was still common because long-distance phone calls were expensive.And at that time not everyone had a phone.
I can tell a lot from handwriting.It is the person,in a sense.So emails and texts are impersonal by nature. And is it because we have no time to write letters because life moves faster in cities in modern states?Or has life got faster because we can fit more in.The washing is inside  the machine.The ready meal is in the fridge.And it was ordered online.Most people don’t iron their clothes.So we should have more time.
But we must check  emails and texts and reply ASAP.
We may have photos to download, the computer to update.We wash our clothes and bodies more often.
Yet we don’t entertain at home like we did in the 70’s.We might meet in a coffee shop instead.
The home is different.Both adults may be at work full time,children at a minder’s.Then they need lessons after school.
They don’t play out much.Purposeless activity seems to have disappeared.The traffic is too dangerous and hordes of villains roam the streets ready to kill or kidnap anyone they meet.
Actually, crime has not gone up but we are afraid.
Is this why we have Call Blocking, ignore Withheld Numbers,let the answering machine answer.
Every blessing has a curse, or we think it does.People want phones and computers  but now criminals  have found ways of getting money from us by pretending to be friends.
We are genuinely afraid.Wars abound.We hear too much beyond the boundary  of what we can affect.The world seems dangerous. Maybe even  using our own handwriting seems to give away too much.Typing hides our personality.We want to hide but have 400 friends on Facebook.Paradox and contradiction have left philosophy and come  into real life.
And the cost of living rises because we need to have computers now to deal with our bills,access government services etc.So  money to pay for broadband is needed.Children may need iPads or other devices.And phones. All the family need their own car.In London, it’s not so bad to travel on a bus  except late at night.Elsewhere buses have  gone, like local shops.
We need phones because GP’s send texts with test results or reminders.And because we are lonely.Letters could be carried around and re-read.
Well,it’s not going to change backwards so we just have to find other ways of telling people they matter to us.