Man Writes Letter a Day to Mom for 30 Years

There's no doubt that Mike Geraci loves his mother. He's been showing her how much by writing her a letter a day — and sending it by snail mail — for the last 30 years.

Eleven thousand letters later, the software engineer from Portsmouth, N.H., has no plans to slow down.

"You should appreciate the ones you love and show your appreciation because you never know. One day they might not be there," Geraci said in an interview with ABC's New Hampshire affiliate, WMUR.

His mother, Gloria Britt, is appreciative, but says, "I could never do that, sit down and write every day. He's lucky to get a letter from me once a year."

Geraci told WMUR that he started the practice in 1981. He was 19 years old, and was just starting out in his career in California when he got word that his mother had been in a horrible car accident.

He couldn't be by her side, so he wrote to her every day through her recovery and rehabilitation and just never stopped.

Every 1,000th letter is either framed or in the form of a plaque. Geraci said he once considered writing to Britt by email, but decided to continue his daily communication the old-fashioned way.

"I have no plans of stopping, ever. I'm here to stay. The letter-writing will continue on," he said.