A reminder of home: Pen Pal

"Okay class I'd like everyone to form a line at my desk. For a writing assignment this semester you will be assigned A pen pal, when you come to my desk you will receive an envelope inside will be your first assignment along with a P.O. Box number this will be your new mailing address for the assignment. You will also see a log sheet this is where you will log when you send and receive your letters I'll be checking with the mail company to make sure you are not putting down random dates. This will be a grade all you have to do to get a 100 is participate in the assessment. You can send as many letters as you wish but are only required to send one pre week. What you say in these letters will stay confidential unless you wish to share. The whole point to the assignment is to show you another way of communicating so no giving out your number or social media. Only after the assignment Is over can you do those things if you wish. Please come find your name." Mrs. Blackwell explained giving us her usual knowing smile.

" This should be fun." Anna my best friend says sarcastically.
------------------------------ Brinley Allen is a 17 year old senior in high school taking AP classes when her English teacher assigns the class in the last semester of school a pen pal leading her to meet meets Nathan Callahan a 19 year old who is fresh out of army training and on his first deployment. When Holly Blackwell Brinley's teacher thought of the idea she had reached out to her husbands brother who was Nathan's Sargent about the idea. Sargent Taylor Blackwell thought it was a great idea and would help his men who most recently had started their deployment. He felt it would encourage and give his soldiers something to look forward to on the hard days.