Planning for this trip to the Philippines actually began in 1961. When at the age of 13, I answered the request to become a pen pal with a 16 year old girl in the Philippines.

Pen pals, birding, and how to appraise an antique By Diana Bravo Globe Correspondent, Updated January 19, 2021, 10:18 a.m.

“Assigned as pen pals in middle school to help learn to write in cursive, they remain close friends over 60 years later. But, on September 15th, they finally got to meet,” Schrecengost’s ...