Kelly writes letters to a good number of her friends. The main ones to whom she writes are Brooke, Blair, and Ethne in Texas, but she has written to several others here in Oregon, her cousins in Mexico, and even girls in New Hampshire and Ecuador. She loves to write for the sake of writing, but she also very much loves to receive letters in return. She has received two in the last couple of months that are of particular note. The first came from May Gatan. After hearing her at Saginaw convention, Kelly was motivated to write her a note over in Hong Kong. May returned a stunningly impressive and inspirational letter.
Then, at a New Year’s get-together up in Newberg, Kelly rekindled and acquaintance with a sweet nine year old girl named Katie whose mother is from a large family in Fairbanks, Alaska. Kelly asked her if she would like to exchange letters. Katie, who is a quiet girl agreed and wrote the first letter. It was an incredible letter, especially for a nine year old. It was well written, but the thing thing that made it so special was the creative idea she had. She suggested that, as a means to keep things interesting, that each time they write a letter, they send some new paper doll clothes that they make. What a great idea! Kelly loved it. Actually, the whole family loved it.
Here is an illustrated letter that Kelly sent to two of her friends in Texas:
