{"id":428,"date":"2022-04-14T06:02:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T06:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldletterwritingday.com\/?p=428"},"modified":"2022-04-14T06:02:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T06:02:28","slug":"never-underestimate-the-power-of-writing-a-letter-to-someone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldletterwritingday.com\/never-underestimate-the-power-of-writing-a-letter-to-someone\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Underestimate The Power of Writing A Letter To Someone."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;429&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The 1st of September is World Letter Writing day which this year fell on a Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The day before I visited a Catholic primary school in Sydney Australia as part of World Letter Writing Day. 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