My Massachusetts Pen Pal

by Phyllis Snook
(Middleburg, PA)

I have been corresponding with a wonderful pal in Massachusetts for five years. Though we have never met, we have a special bond with one another.

She usually writes to me promptly so when I haven't heard from her in three weeks I get worried and call her on the phone. We think of each other as sisters. Our bond is very special.

We send each other little trinkets in the mail. If I know she loves something, I will try to find it and send it to her. She does the same for me.

We share our lives with one another. We hold nothing back. We laugh and cry together.

We decorate our letters. She puts stickers on her letters and since I type mine, I always put a beautiful picture or graphic on it. Sometimes, she likes my pictures so much that she cuts them out and puts them on magnets.

She recently cut out a picture of my sister and I and she put it on a magnet so I would have it forever.

I enjoy sharing a cup of coffee with her in the morning. She brightens up a cloudy day. If she were a man, she would be my soulmate.

What else can I say about her - she's my favorite pal, my favorite friend and I love her dearly.