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Pen Pals Finally Get to Meet in Person–68 Years After They Began Writing Letters Back and Forth
80-year-olds Patsy Gregory and Carol-Ann Krause have been swapping letters since 1955 when they became girl scouts on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
The...
World’s Oldest Pen Pals Turn 100, After 84 Years of Transatlantic Letters–And Now They’re Meeting on Zoom
The world's oldest pen pals have both turned 100 years old, and are celebrating 80 years of letters sent across the pond.
Geoff Banks from...
They’ve Been Pen Pals for 42 Years; Watch Them Meet for First Time
George Ghossn and Lori Gertz have been writing to each other using pen and paper for nearly a half century. Now each finally got the chance...
Boy Has Written 1,000 Letters to Find Pen Pals in Every Country
Toby Little must never have heard the phrase “don't talk to strangers” because he has written over 1,000 letters to strangers in every country...
Pen Pals Finally Embrace With Tears After Writing For 38 Years (WATCH)
These two pen pals have been great friends since they were kids, but now, after finally meeting each other for the first time in...
A Dollar a Day Transforms Teen Pen Pals in U.S. and Brazil
Imagine the thrill. You're an American teen, planting your toes into the sands of Brazil for the first time. Imagine total immersion into a...
Woman Wrote ‘Please write me’ on an Egg in 1951–Someone Finally Did
We've all heard stories about people finding messages in bottles, but I'll bet you've never heard about someone finding a message in an egg...
Freed After 28 Years of Wrongful Conviction, Man Meets Pen Pal Who Never Stopped Affirming His Innocence
Lamar Johnson served 28 years for a murder he didn't commit—when he was finally released after years of work by an advocacy group, there...
Scientists Partially Restore Vision in Blind Man Using Emerging Technique and Genes from Light-Sensitive Algae
By injecting a Parisian man's eye with genes from algae that encode for light-sensing proteins, scientists were able to slowly restore the patient's vision...
Writer Starts a Pandemic Pen Pal Project – Now 7,000 People Are Mailing Joy to Strangers With Letters
From the salutation—
My Dearest Love,
to the signature line—
Yours in Breathless Anticipation,
to the final postscript—
P.S. You are forever in my heart...
The art of letter writing...
Forget Online Dating: Writing Letters to This Ancient Tree in Germany is Fabled to Help People Find Their Valentine
This ancient oak tree in northern Germany has a history of connecting people with their one true love – and it could work for you too.
When Woman Sees Anxious Man Missing His Lost Pen, She Grew Determined to Reunite Them
While a pen may not be the most extraordinary object in the world, this writing utensil in particular has led to a blossoming friendship...
After Finding Heart-wrenching Note in Mailbox, Neighbor Saves 90-Year-old Woman From Loneliness
It has been five months since Marlene Brooks received the letter that changed her life – and since reading that letter, she has changed...
Imagine Receiving a Love Letter That Was Written to You 72 Years Ago–This Man Did
It has been six years since Virginia passed away – but after a mysterious discovery in a New Jersey home, her words have come...
Hawaii Girl Finds Message in a Bottle From Oregon
One year ago, off the coast of Oregon, a ten-year-old boy tossed a message in a bottle into the Pacific Ocean, and now a...
7 Facts we can all be Thankful for
What can we be thankful for in the midst of doom and gloomy news of the economy? Here are 7 items from the news...