Community · Wisconsin, 2009
A little room for everyone
He made something for his mother. Then he left its door open to everyone.
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Friendship · Britain, 1893
It began with Dear Noel
One of the world's best-known rabbits began in a letter to a little boy.
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Beginning again · New York, 1940
There is still time
Her first solo exhibition opened a month after her eightieth birthday.
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Kindness · Berlin, 1948
Something small from the sky
There were more children than pieces of gum. They found a way to share anyway.
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Letter Between UsDear you,A letter from SamOregon, United States
Room for one more.
For six months, I ate dinner standing at the kitchen counter. Then my neighbor knocked and asked to borrow a chair.
Read the letter 2 min read · Belonging
For six months after I moved, I ate dinner standing at the kitchen counter. I told myself it was because the table was covered in boxes. The boxes were empty.
Warmly,Sam
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A letter from NoraMaine, United States
The last page of her cookbook.
My mother wrote in the margins of everything. Shopping lists, phone numbers, the backs of receipts. I used to find it untidy.
Family2 min readRead the letter
A letter from DanielCalifornia, United States
A very late first day.
I was fifty-eight on my first day of swimming lessons. The other adults arrived with matching goggles and caps. Mine were borrowed from my grandson and had a small shark on the side.
A fresh start2 min readRead the letter
A letter from JulesOntario, Canada
The Tuesday call.
My oldest friend and I ran out of things to talk about sometime in February. We had been calling every Tuesday since she moved. Eventually we were reporting what we had eaten for lunch.
Love & friendship2 min readRead the letter
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