Pen Friends
Pen Friends I fell in love with my pen pal immediately and it hasn’t ended. Spiritually, it hasn’t. Chris was my best friend for all times. She was always there whenever I needed a friend. Do you have a friend like that? I’m talking 24/7 and not a teddy bear or a doll. When I was approximately 11-12 years old, I read an ad in a magazine for a penfriend. She lived in England! My heart jumped to my throat. A friend in a foreign country? Wow! I brought the magazine to my parents and asked permission to write to this stranger who lived overseas. One of the first things that my dad suggested was to look up her address. I went to the school library and located the Isle of Wight. It was below the mainland, south of Portsmouth. It sounded like a lifelong adventure. Dad was pleased as punch and Mom didn’t really care one way or the other. I’m sure that Mom thought that it would peter out with time and that she wouldn’t have to worry about me ever visiting her and getting los