My childhood pen pal and I grew up on different continents. After 30 years of friendship, we finally met in person.
In second grade, I was matched with a pen pal from Ghana. We exchanged letters over the years, but three decades later, we finally met in person.
Dontaira Terrell recently traveled to Ghana and met her childhood pen pal after 30 years of correspondence. They began writing to each other in second grade as a class assignment, and despite living on different continents, they formed a strong bond through letters. As adults, they met in person at a hotel restaurant in Ghana and found that their friendship had remained strong over the decades.
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