Staying Close In A Paperless World

How email, virtual flowers, e-cards and reminder services can help you stay in touch.

The days of ink and paper are fast coming to an end. For a long time paper cards, letters, and memos have been used to communicate with our fellow man about everything ranging from business to birthdays, "thinking of you" to a simple "I love you". These paper novelties have kept us close with those we love and are acquainted with for decades; however, the popularity of the home computer has changed the way we stay in touch forever.

Never has it been so easy and painless to keep up to date on all the daily news of our friends, family, and even business contacts. Whether down the road or a million miles away, email has brought people together who otherwise would have no way of instant communication. No more pony express or smoke signals; we are the microwave generation and we want things NOW. Email provides instant access to keeping up with relationships that would otherwise have been impossible. Letter writing and paper cards can be costly from the various papers and postage, but the new frontier of technology has provided electronic cards and virtual flowers which carry the same punch as far as thoughtfulness with easier access and less cost. They are quick, easy and still get the message across that you are thinking of someone! We all love to get cards and flowers, but why? Because there is nothing better than knowing that we are special to someone and are being thought of. E-cards and virtual flowers do the same thing. If you