How to write a letter to a friend, and send it online
A letter to a friend does not need an occasion. That is what makes it land: in a week of notifications, here is something someone sat down and wrote for them alone.
What to write
Tell them something you have not had the chance to say in passing: why you thought of them this week, a memory only the two of you share, something you admire about them and never said.
Add ordinary news too. Letters are where the small things get their room. A few paragraphs is plenty.
Beginning and ending
Begin with their name and something specific: I walked past our old café today. Skip the apology for not writing sooner.
End warmly and simply: write when you can, thinking of you, or just your name. The sign-off matters less than the fact that you signed.
Sending it online, like a real letter
In Dearu you choose the paper — cream, moonlight, kraft, ruled or airmail — an envelope and a stamp, and write. To send it, share the letter's link: your friend opens the envelope in their browser without making an account. If they are on Dearu too, write to their username instead.
It arrives at once, or on a day you choose: a birthday, an anniversary. Until then it waits at the post office, and even the link shows only the envelope and the date it opens. Sent it to the wrong person? You can call it back.
Why bother
Messages are for keeping in touch. Letters are for keeping: something to open again on a hard day, long after the chat has scrolled away.