keeping up with technology?!?

Remember the days when we used to have to actually write a letter, LICK a stamp and put it in the mail box? It is such a vague memory in my mind as we now have email which keeps us in touch with people we probably wouldn't ever touch base with. When my son left to Brazil a few weeks ago for a couple of years, I was mentally up to having to write those letters, grateful for self-adhesive stamps, and I can generally find the time to go to the grocery store and put my letter in the mail slot. There are now websites where you can actually go to where you can write a letter and submit it, they will print it out and put it in an envelope for you. And, once a week, we get email from Brazil just like he was next door. I wait anxiously every Wednesday morning for that email to come, and yesterday....it didn't come. I know it was written and sent because he let other family members know it was coming and to read the longer details of his letter, but the only ones that came through were emails saying "Is anyone home" and "Are you there"? Had I been online, I would have been able to have a little "chat" with him, but it was too early for me that morning. So out there somewhere in cyber space is a letter from a missionary son and I hope someone enjoys is, because it is killing me. So today, I can figure out if I want to submit a letter electronically, or...heaven forbid, get out a pen and paper, stick a stamp on, and head off to the store to mail my letter. ...What did we do without technology?