A letter

A moment in time

Captured on airmail paper.

Handwritten letter

Eloquent, flowing

Energetic, empathic

Very much alive.

Twenty-six years on

Illegible, spidery

Ravages of time.

Memories evoked

Of the man he used to be

Tender, precious gift.

My sister-in-law recently shared a letter my husband had written to her back in 1998. Reading it was bittersweet.