Letter to Justine

A letter to a penpal I had years ago.

Dear Justine,

I'm sorry I haven't written back. In three years. I really meant to. I hope you're life is being fulfilling. Unlike mine. I don't want to dump a truck load of self pity on you, because we've never met in real life, and someone is reading this aloud to you, since you cannot read it yourself. I wish I didn't need assistance reading your letters. I miss your curvy and elegant handwriting. I miss thinking it looked like a code I need to crack.
   I'm learning French, slowly but surely, so someday I might be able to read your letters. I hope you're learning English too, so maybe some day we won't need translators. I really liked having a pen-pal from another country. It was cool. I hope we can start writing to each-other again. I wonder about France's politics sometimes. Do you know about America's screw ups? You probably don't even know about that oil spill.
     Hey, maybe we'll meet someday. Maybe it'll be running at each other then embracing one another in a hug. Or maybe it'll be awkward, staring at our feet.
    Write back to me. Write to me your troubles of puberty, boys, this new idea of actually getting fat, and horrendous friendships. I'll laugh and help you out. I really hope we can be real friends.
 
        Sincerely,
            Bri

Author's Note

Hey, Justine, if you're out there, sorry for never writing back. And I hope your life is fantastic and refreshingly perfect.

Reviews

[roarke]

Funny stuff. Perfect letter length.lol. I hope she wasn't an imaginary french friend....
Here again, you could do a whole series of letters, either to the same person or other people, like letters to the editor, letters to politicians, fan letters to celebs, etc. You humor and writing style fit this genre perfectly.

[Bella-Marie]

That is cool. I think you should actually give Justine this letter. If I was justine, I would be touched. A lovely letter, and a nice authors note.