3 months ago, i received a letter from a great aunt of mine - one of my dad's mom's sisters. i don't ever remember meeting her, and if i did, i was very young. but she found it in her heart to write me a letter, telling me how sorry she was that i was in the hospital and that she was thinking of me. i decided to write her back, sending her a christmas card and thanking her from the bottom of my heart for the letter. she died 2 weeks ago. i will keep her letter forever, and never neglect to reply to kindness.