Friday, April 23, 2010

Love Letters

1990

She was busy clearing out her late mother's house. She was going through her mother's things to see if there was anything important or valuable and donating the rest to charity. In the attic, she came across a small box of carved wood. She opened it gingerly and came across a bunch of letters tied in a satin ribbon. She broke into a smile and realized that these were the letters that her father had written her mother when they courting. She was amazed that her mother had kept them safely as they moved across multiple cities and houses. She carefully set the box among the things that she was taking back to her home.


2060

She was busy clearing out her late mother's laptop. She was going through her mother's files to see if there was anything important to be saved or deleted and was donating the laptop to a charity. In her D drive, she came across a small folder marked "Personal". She gingerly clicked it open and found a bunch of emails in a zip file. She broke into a smile and realized that these were the emails that her father had written to her mother when they were dating. She was amazed that her mother had saved the mails as she moved to different mail servers and laptops. She carefully copied the folder into her memory stick among the other files she was taking.

4 comments:

Harini said...

Very nice one! Somehow it feels great to hv hand written letters dosent it? I dont even know if I hv it in me to write a letter to someone now :(

Harini said...

Very nice one! Somehow it feels great to hv hand written letters dosent it? I dont even know if I hv it in me to write a letter to someone now :(

Jinguchakka said...

A good one. But will we be using memory sticks as they are now, in 2060?
Can't even predict what we will have then. I was amazed to know that Youtube has completed just 5 years now. Imagine we were without iPod some 7,8 years back.

Perhaps save this story in memory stick now and check out in 2060. :-)

janani said...

@H - Yeah! I don't believe I have got a single letter from anyone in the recent years. Soon people will forget how to write.

@Jingu - Yeah that's the reason I used "memory stick" rather than USB drive :) I think everything will be online in 2060.