You Can’t Go Home Again

20 Letters: #3

This is the third instalment of a series, 20 Letters, where I share letters I wrote and sent via the post, throughout 2020 and 2021, to people in my life. Read more about the project here.

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Dear N,

Surprise!

One of my many goals for 2020 is to write and send 20 letters. This is letter #3. I started letter writing before the coronavirus, and I originally planned to write you to reminisce about our fantastic time together this past summer... but that seems a bit trivial now, eh? I will say that your visit was a highlight of my 2019. It seems like I’m getting less visitors the longer I live abroad, and it meant so much to me that we had quality time together in London. I’ve long adored you and considered you a brother, and we have always easily re-connected after years apart. Let’s not leave it too long until our next hilarious-and-somewhat-dodgy reunion!