<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sally’s
piece for Feb<br>
 <b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is a
beautiful piece of nostalgia. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Even though
I don’t get the full meaning of aerogram, <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I still get
the meaning of the poem very well. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I assume an
aerogram is a letter from overseas. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It must
have been blue. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">But how
that is related to a ribbon is a mystery.  <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The special
bond the aerograms forged between your young self and grandmother is clear. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It has no
interest to most eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">They only
speak of family news. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Pherhaps
the messages they sent had no value, except to the two people who shared them.
But that is more than enough. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Aren’t you
glad you kept them for over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The love
comes out very clear.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">And, as
usual, the reader is with you every second. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Your
descriptions are some of the best I have ever read. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Brittle
with age, the British aerogram’s<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Corner
crumbles in my hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">One of many
lovingly saved<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ina
granddaughter’s once-pink hair ribbon<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I don’t get
the above line. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What is the
aerogram being saved in?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more
than six decades, it is<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A bittersweet attempt to
bear witness<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">And turn
thin sheets of paper<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Into
crinkled forget-me-nots.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What is
being saved,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>the aerogram or pink
ribbon.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As a child,
I believed<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">aerograms
were blue to match<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">the ocean
they traversed<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I’m afraid
I don’t know what an aerogram is. Are they blue in color?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From an
elderly lady in Leicestershire<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To a
schoolgirl in Pennsylvania.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I know the
spidery handwriting<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Relates
only family news<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">And
inquires about my school days,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Brownie
troop, and beloved dogs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Missives of
love from one brittle with age,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Of no
interest to intrusive eyes after my death,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
aerograms and bond they forged<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Can remain
tucked away for now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ink has
no doubt faded over time,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">but the
memories In the heart of the granddaughter,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Herself now
brittle with age,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Remain
fresh with just a hint of ocean breeze.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="yiv5033697060msonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div>