This time, it was to a person living in the same country.

We are celebrating our one year of friendship!

He’s halfway across the world and I feel closer to him than most people.

It was so fascinating to hear about the differences between the culture and structure of our lives.

While we often feel annoyed or anxious when people take forever to reply to our texts, on Slowly, taking forever is the point.

I received a letter, from Syria, not knowing then how much it would change my life the following year.

Letter to a Japanese Friend, Winter Solstice

I can be heard by whole the world. We all can be heard and listen to each other.

I am proud to say that my Mandarin has definitely improved, and I have been able to talk with teenagers from Senegal to Switzerland and Hong Kong.

He came to my city and we met and spent one of the best weeks in my life. He became one of my best friends.

I was so happy that I went around the house saying "I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM JAPAN"

It is wonderful to make friends from a completely different part of the World and to see their country through their eyes.