March 16, 2021
Dear Frank,
I promise I'm not stalking you & will not send you another unsolicited letter! However, I'm  traveling for several weeks & wanted you to have the enclosed which I hope will be meaningful.
The first is a letter, discovered unexpectedly shortly after the photo I sent you, as I was going through my Guadeloupe journal with the college friend who was my roommate there Jan-Apr 1969. I thought these were just return addresses on my creative page, but yours was the entire letter. I did not keep previous letters out of respect for Gary after we married.
The letter was written not only by you but also your mother. It took almost an hour to piece this together so I hope you take the time to read it, & you will need a magnifying glass! It was a very dear letter from both of you which I will cherish.
Three weeks after my brother sent the first photo from over 1,000 slides my dad took, I was sorting through 100's of print photos for albums for my children, when this second photo appeared with my parents, totally out of context, with no other photos from that time period. Of course, I was stunned as I'm sure you were shocked to get my letter/photo.  And both our fathers were wearing gold shirts, go figure!
Frank, I don't understand why you have come back into my life, but I'm glad you did. Even if you choose not to contact me, I have no regrets. Perhaps even more for me than you, I needed to clarify in my mind what happened that caused such an important relationship to disappear from my life. I highly value my friendships & have reconnected with others from decades ago.
I also have a desire to marry one more time. Since there's longevity in my family, my mother passed at age 94, I may live another 20 years! I'm in excellent health & have been told l look decades younger, even by doctors, so I guess that's pretty good. And I've enjoyed traveling here & overseas, prior covid. Heading to CA/Maui next week...CA is my second home.
Frank, I want the rest of your life to be the best ever, whatever that may be, wherever that may be, & with whomever that may be!
Love,

Linda
PS: Saw photo on your website, thought only fair to send one of me; hair's shorter, skirt's longer!

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