Shirley Dahlgren and Bonnie Wiles have been friends since high school.  Way back in 1977, Dahlgren sent Wiles a birthday card.  When it was Shirley’s birthday, Bonnie sent the card back with a new birthday message written on it.  Fast forward 32 years, and the two women are still sending the same birthday card they did in 1977, with a few extra pages added onto it since they long since ran out of room on the original card.

I wonder how well the card has held up.  I imagine it’s taken quite a beating after having been mailed around so much, but it’s a piece of history those two women will always cherish.  That’s one of the bad things about email and ecards; the thought’s nice, but there’s nothing to look back at 10 years later.  It makes me wish I was more of the kind to send cards out.  Maybe I should start that.

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