Letters

My husband and I only dated about two months when I had to head back to college. My husband was stationed in Alaska and I was going to return to Kansas to continue my college education. Cell phones hadn't been invented yet and we couldn't afford the long distance charges so we took up letter writing. We corresponded this way, writing letters back and forth for over two years. I received my proposal of marriage and eventually my engagement ring in the mail. Imagine how happy I was to receive the ring! There were sad letters and happy letters, letters of longing and plans for our future.  We even broke up in a letter and eventually made up in a letter. 

I've kept those letters and they are treasures to me. Someday when I am not here anymore my children will find those letters and know a little more about the two people they call mom and dad. I've enclosed a picture of my engagement ring that came in the mail.