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I looked down at my shoes as people filled the train, and then I saw her. She looked a little tired and pale. As I 1 the woman, I thought about the letters my mother wrote and how she must have known an ordinary piece of paper turns into a 2 letter when a person puts themselves into it. I would write the woman a note and give it to her as I got off the train, I decided. I pulled the notebook out of my bag and began writing a letter.
When I looked up, the woman was gone. I left the letter in my notebook, 3 of what to do with it now.
More letters to other people 4 I wrote that letter, one by one, until soon I had filled up the notebook.
Back on the train, just a few days later, the plan became 5 . I was going to leave the letter I wrote to the woman on the subway for someone else to find. Then I would 6 other love letters all over New York City.
I tried to form a picture in my mind: someone picks up a letter on a subway train or in a coffee shop, 7 it might have been for him all along. So I wrote those words on my first letter: If you find this letter, then it's for you. I folded the letter and placed it behind me. I planned to let the letter slip down onto the seat as I walked away.
When I got to my stop, I waited for the subway doors to open and then stood up as 8 as possible. Rushing through the doors, I kept running faster and faster once my feet hit the platform. I was more 9 when I got farther away from the train, disappearing into the city.
During the fall of 2020, I kept 10 letters in many places. In the months that followed, I started my own site, MoreLoveLetters.com, about my project, 11 others to write and leave letters in their own communities. Now the website connects 12 in need of love letters and those who want to write them.
About all stories, I always go back to Matt's. Matt told me he was getting older. He believed he'd be 13 . His family and he were disconnected. He didn't have many friends.
The message was sent with no return 14 . There was no way to write back to him, but I hope he reads these words:
Matt, I want you to know: You were wrong to think you'd be forgotten. And I was wrong to think people couldn't walk into our lives and 15 our histories immediately. Because you did that for me.
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