Veteran Finds Crumpled Note In Old Uniform — The Signature Left Him Speechless

Two weeks passed. Then a letter came in the mail. The return address was Chapel Hill. Thomas hesitated before opening it. Inside was a card, handwritten. Marianne’s penmanship was elegant, practiced. “Dear Mr. Callahan,” it read, “I don’t know how to thank you. I read the note over and over. It’s the goodbye I never got.”