Another message in a bottle

[asakiyume]

My cousin alerted me to this lovely message-in-a-bottle story from the BBC:

"Woman Gets Message in a Bottle Reply after 23 Years"

I love ten-year-old Zoe's message:

Dear finder, my name is Zoe Lemon. Please would you write to me, I would like it a lot.

I am 10 years old and I like ballet, playing the flute and the piano. I have a hamster called Sparkle and fish called Speckle.

The letter actually says a few other things:

(image from the UK Mail Online))

Her parents still live at the address she gave, so at Christmastime, when she went home for a visit, she was able to get the response.

Comments

[sovay]

Her parents still live at the address she gave, so at Christmastime, when she went home for a visit, she was able to get the response.

That's excellent.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to set up a Google alert so I see these stories whenever they surface--I love them!

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Oh, my gosh, that is so COOL!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I think so too!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

That is SO COOL!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It is very cool :-)

[duccio.livejournal.com]

That was charming. I wonder what kind of pets she has these days, and if she is a musician. She looks like a really fine person in the picture. Why don't you write to her, tell her about PenPal.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I like the way you think!

[csecooney.livejournal.com]

I like that you're liking the idea!!!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

There is actually a version of her childhood letter floating around that actually has the parents' address not whited out. I could actually do it. I am not sure I quite have the nerve, but then again, maybe I do. … We'll see.

Because this is how it is, person to person, one at a time.

[stormdog.livejournal.com]

That is how it is, isn't it? Thank you for the observation. That seems really meaningful right now.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

:-)

Your message here came at a good moment. Thank you ♥

[stormdog.livejournal.com]

Person to person! *smiles* You're welcome!

[inspirethoughts.livejournal.com]

So what was the response? Did she share it?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yes! The BBC article reports,

The reply read: "Dear Zoe, yesterday on one of my many walks with my wife along the dikes of Oosterschelde looking among the debris thrown by the sea of embankment I found a little plastic bottle containing your message."

And in UK Mail Online article, it says that she's been in contact by email with the man who found it, who said to her,"I am keeping your little letter on my piano. I know you are no longer a little girl but you asked me to write you so I have."