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Years after he died, she posts him a postcard

Boldness Regret·All ages

When they were young they never once took an easy trip together. She buried him first, and only at eighty did she learn to read and write. From her class in Inje, Gangwon, Jeong-ja Kim wrote a postcard addressed to heaven and entered it in the exhibition. Where resentment and grief had passed, one small wish remained: I would like to travel with you.

To my dear husband in heaven. The years only make me miss you more. I would like to travel with you. Please cheer me on from heaven so I can keep studying in good health.

— Jeong-ja Kim (80, Hanam 3-ri Literacy Class, Inje)

TODAY’S PRACTICE

If there is someone you want to walk with, do not put that trip off until money is better.

#TravelTogether#NoPostponing#MissingYou

SOURCE

National Literacy Education Center · 2024 National Adult Literacy Poetry Exhibition, Postcard Prize · Jeong-ja Kim, Inje

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