Always tell your friends you love them, even during the hard times.

For the majority of my life, I felt isolated. I felt estranged from my peers at school and I even felt estranged from my family.

Finding warm and nice penpals might be a bit challenging for every one writes in their own unique way.

Surprisingly, had almost nothing in common with me, yet our letters were so long that it took us days to read and write an answer.

As coisas agora são bem diferentes. Pelo menos o Google Tradutor não é mais meu amigo xD

O primeiro efeito de falar com tantas pessoas diferentes foi aumentar minhas habilidades de conversação — posso dizer que aprendi meu inglês através de cartas.

Agora há novos contatos aos que eu escrevo uma vez por semana, alguns deles desaparecem de novo, e o mais importante é que conheci 2 ou 3 pessoas às quais eu me sinto realmente próxima.

I couldn’t imagine if the letters could do so much.

The total count of our letters? Currently, 127 — and after manually counting all of these, I was surprised too.

He introduced me to Slowly and told me if you're afraid to say things to your family, you should probably be fine to talk about it to a stranger.

It’s like an introvert’s habitat, with just the right number of extroverts in it.

Porque eu iria querer fazer isso, quando eu posso mandar mensagens instantâneas?