I never intended to write over 400 love letters.

To be honest, I never even planned to write one…

This unexpected journey began in October 2010 on a 4 Train in New York City. I didn’t start writing letters to strangers because of a love for the handwritten note. Far less glamorous or romantic than that, I was struggling to get out of bed every morning and I needed an escape from my own sadness and loneliness. So I began writing letters on the train to individuals who seemed like they, too, could use a boost. And it healed me. It really healed me.

I discovered a great deal from writing letters to individuals across the globe. I’ve learned that no matter how tough we act, we all still need a love letter from time to time. That even in a world crammed tight into 140 characters and constant status updates, there is a still a great craving for the handwritten note. But most of all, I realized that the world needed far more than just my own love letters.

Since its start in September 2011, The World Needs More Love Letters has brought over 2,000 love letters into the world.

It is my  hope that The World Needs More Love Letters will be a nook within this worldwide web where individuals can pin their progress and pathways to spreading more love through the handwritten note. Not only to people they know by name, but to strangers they have never met who could use a reminder that they are doing “just fine” in the world today. Through, requesting, sending, leaving, and writing the love letters, this site won’t ever stop asking these questions to its visitors:

Could you script a letter of love to someone you will never meet?

Is there someone in your own life who could use a love letter?

Where could you leave a love letter today?

So come on in. Get involved. Follow us but also be a leader in your hometown, campus, church or city. But don’t come in without a pen…

I am happy to have you here.

Best,

Hannah Brencher

@hannahkatyb