Echizen Washi

I had an interview the other day for a local magazine. They were editing the articles about ` Letters `.

They also asked me to show them my letter stock then, for, I, myself, write letters very often since I was a child. Some of them, of course, were thrown away. But, then I found the letters from my grandfather who passed away 13 years ago in the age 79.  He had a beautiful hand-writing and I liked to see his letters a lot, but read them roughly.

Now I read them again after the long years have passed. They reflected me in a different way. He tried to cheer me up again and again having missed his young age in the world wars.

Before, I didn't really understand how the people in the past live in yourself, but after reading his letters and feeling his hopes for my future, I can say that he, my grandfather, lives in myself.

I love letters.