Women are pen pals for 57 years
PHOENIX (UPI) -- A Minnesota woman said she feels like her British pen pal is a sister because the two have grown so close, after writing one another for 57 years.
Marlene Yeomans, 70, of Wolverhampton, England, and Karen Sorensen, 70, a former Arizona resident who lives in Minnesota, have been communicating through letters since Jan. 16, 1951, The Arizona Republic reported.
Yeomans said she began sending letters to Sorensen as part of a school assignment.
"It was exciting. Letters came from across the ocean and at the age of 12 it was hard to comprehend how far everything was," Sorensen told the Republic.
Since the women began writing, Sorensen has twice traveled to England to visit Yeoman, the report said.
The pen pals said they met again recently in Arizona when Yeoman finally made her first trip to the United States.
"Writing over the years has brought us together. We feel like we're sisters," Sorensen said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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