Of all the coping mechanisms that may be used in externalising the tremendously powerful emotions comprising the soul in grief, perhaps letter writing is most poignant in its manner of expression... there is an eternal connectiveness known to life that may be somewhat re-established in writing out our thoughts and feelings. Writing helps with our grief. It may also help us 'commune' with a person long gone, by our memory of how they might have listened to us or advised us.