I received a very shocking, and equally exciting, email from my friend Norma in Spoleto, Italy.

The 'a while back' was six years and three months ago! I thought USPS was having its problems but it seems Poste Italiane has it worse. Where has this birthday greeting been for so long? Oh the stories it could tell. And what it tells me is that all my mail that has been lost over the years has hope of one day finding its way home. A girl can dream.