Reader's Digest - USA (2019-07)

A week later, the invitation came

back. She had mistakenly jotted down

the wrong address.

A handwritten note was scrawled

on the return envelope: “I wish

I knew you—this is going to be a

blast. Congratulations—go have

dinner on me. I’ve been married

for 40 years—it gets better with

C

assandra Warren was in a rush

and feeling a little overwhelmed

with work and planning her

200-person wedding. As she was get-

ting invitations for her nuptials in the

mail one day last year, she hurriedly

addressed one to her aunt and uncle

in Eugene, Oregon, about 20 minutes

from where she lived.

By Allison Klein

from the washington post

Return to Sender

46 july/august 2019 Illustration by Gel Jamlang

Reader’s Digest

EVERYDAY MIRACLES