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Tonight I will be reading a story called Anna's Letters by Canadian author Lucy Maud

Montgomery written in 1908.

The main theme of this lovely story hinges on the writing and receiving of letters.

It takes us back to a time when handwritten letters not only held news of family and

friends, but also held the power to change lives.

And so, as always, my friend, settling comfortably under the covers, take a full comfortable breath

and as you exhale, relax and let go, allow any tension to just melt away, letting your

body sink deeper and deeper down into the softness of your bed.

There is nothing else to do and nowhere else to be.

So just lie back, relax and enjoy the story.

Are you going to answer Gilbert's letter tonight Anna, asked Alma Williams, standing

in the pantry doorway, tall, fair and gray eyed, with the sunset light coming down over

the dark first through the window behind her and making a primrose nimbus around her

shapely head.

Anna, dark, vivid and slender, was perched on the edge of the table, idly swinging her

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