I had 2 pen pals growing up:  Alexis who is family best friend who we would vacation together in Summer.  She lived in Portland and I lived all the way in Shelbyville, IN.  Alexis was a fun pen pal because she had the COOLEST  stationary.  It was Lisa Frank or Hello Kitty or something really fun.   Only on special occassions would I get Lisa Frank stationary.  I always had a complex about my stationary complex.

My other pen pal was Aunt B.  She lived a hour.5 away so clearly the best option for me was to write her letters.  Today she sent me an email.  Aunt B found the following piece of correspondence from an 8 year old me.

Here’s the translation for my beautiful handwriting:

Dear Aunt B,

Hi!  I’m cleaning everything and  looking at some old letters, they are funny!  Dad’s planning a new attack, so beware.  In one of the letters you like..????.  For Dad’s Day I made Dad a card at a card machine.  It says:  For all those times I got into trouble I have one thing to say for my self  Adam and Carrie Framed Me!  Love, Bess

I always assumed that I was a good writer as a young child.  Apparently not.  But I did have some pretty amazing Lisa Frank stationary.