The Wind That Returned Letters
Messages Meant to Be Read Twice
In a windy mountain town, lost letters always found their way back to the sender. People thought the wind playful, but a young woman discovered otherwise. When her letter forgiving an old friend returned unopened, she realized forgiveness was something she had to give herself first. Only when she wrote a second letter — this one addressed to her own heart — did the wind deliver the first safely.
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