Every letter she wrote was carefully thought out and crafted. And every letter she received from her loved ones lifted her spirits and brought encouragement. Photo: EPA/Alexander Heinl
By DAWN USHARANI
In the early 1940s, letters and telegrams were the only available means of communication in my family. Part of my salary as a nurse was always kept aside to buy scented stationery or letter writing pads. I would anxiously finger and touch the stationery, feeling the patterns embossed within the texture of the paper itself. The accompanying envelopes would also have delicate patterns of nature and some would smell of lavender or rose essence.
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