PENPALS


Carol and Ann were penpals from 1955 to the time of Carol's death in 2015. Carol thought of Ann as the sister she never had. We visited Ann in March of 2009, and they met, face to face, for the very first time. I had notified the North Wales Pioneer to see if they would be interested in doing a human interest story on their friendship, and they said they would. I had contacted our local paper also and they were in touch with the reporter for the NWP, and they also did a story, They came out to the house to interview Carol and take some photos, and both stories ended up on the front page of both publications. My daughter and I returned to Wales in 2016 as a sort of goodbye trip. I still talk to Ann every two weeks.