More love (letters, that is)

So I'm going to take a break from the norm - talking about OUR lives, dreams, and adventures - and I am going to introduce you to someone and something beautiful. Her name is Hannah and she is the founder of The World Needs More Love Letters. Patrick and I met this vibrant twenty-something back at our church in New Haven and were immediately intrigued by her passion, for she is a professional love letter writer.

Copyright Tiffany Farley 2012

Ever heard of one? Me neither!

But this gal IS one, and the idea is going some BIG places.

It all started in 2010 in New York City. Young girl goes to the Big Apple and finds it a lonely place indeed. But the difference is that this girl turned her loneliness out with the stroke of a pen. She began to write letters. Her subjects? The strangers on the Train she rode next to everyday. She would write and leave them in the most unexpected places - cafes, park benches, anywhere. One letter turned to ten turned to twenty, and soon she had written the city of New York four hundred love letters.

(Not love as in romance. That would be silly) 

I mean LOVE - as in unconditional care for another. Because we are all on the same journey and need to be reminded we're not alone, we matter, and someone out there thinks we're worthy.

She invited others to join her. And not even two years later, her idea has gone global. Over four thousand letters have been written to people on six continents, all in the name of telling strangers they are loved. Her project has been noticed by the Wall Street Journal, the White House, and Oprah. Yep.

Apparently she is onto something.

People have bought into this simple idea in droves. Why? Because in this world of technological advancement, what we all still seek at its most basic is true connection. We long for words of affirmation, spoken in truth, sent straight to the heart. I think this is what Hannah is trying to accomplish. And I think that's something worth getting behind.

Please have a peek at her organization and her story. She can tell it in better words than I can!