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2011-12-31T23:59:00.000-06:00

OneSit is an active short story publication blog that is updated daily. Although there is currently only one short story series being published by OneSit, Letters From Sarah, many more will come in the future.
OneSit Reading was founded by David Hickman, otherwise known as Mogi, on September 29, 2011 without much prior deliberation, with the goal of encouraging more consistent writing.

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Letters From Sarah

March 30, 1992 [Letter 14]

2011-10-11T22:28:00.001-05:00

Dear Kyle,

    I miss all of your letters. It has been a long time since I got one. It is okay that you do not always write happy things. Happy things are just better then sad ones are. Why did your mom go to jail? Daddy says I should'nt ask you that. I want to be your penpal for ever.
    Happy Birthday. I wish I could go to your party with you. That would be fun. What else did you get for your birthday?
    They are arguing and yelling. I don't know why. I think Daddy is mad that my mom is always not at the house.

    Love,
    Sarah

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March 14, 1992 [Letter 13]

2011-10-10T13:34:00.002-05:00

Dear Sarah,

    Sorry for not writing for a long time. I did'nt have happy things to write. This one is a little happy, but not a lot. I wanted to write you another letter anyway because I like reading your letters and I only get your letters after I send you one.
    It was my birthday today. I've wanted to see momma for a long time, and Gaba took me today. I didn't like it. She was behind the glass and she looked sick. I didn't even get to hug her or give her a kiss. I think Gaba is mad at me because she has been really quiet since we came back, and I did'nt even talk to momma on the phone at the jail even though they wanted me to. It was scary there. I never want to go to jail.
    We had a party and the neighbors came over, but they are old. Johnny gave me a game boy and two games. One is tetris and the other is spider man. Spider man is my favorite even though I'm not very good.
    I'm sorry for writing sad things so much. Do you still want to be my penpal?

    Sincerely,
    Kyle

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January 29, 1992 [Letter 12]

2011-10-07T09:45:00.001-05:00

Dear Kyle,

    Thank you, I like spelling class. I hope that he is okay. I would be very sad if my grampa was at the hospital.
    I am the tallest one in my class. I have blond hair in a ponytail most of the time. Sometimes I do not put it up and leave it down. I have glasses and I also have braces, but I do'nt like my braces. I have freckles. I have pretty shoes. That is what I look like. I also like to wear a birdy clip in my hair because it looks good on me.
    Yesterday I went for big adventure with daddy. We drove all around and then went shopping and then we walked around cascade park for a little bit. It got too cold though so we went home and had hot coco. It was a really good day.
    You're letters are always sad. You should write happy ones.

    Love, Sarah

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January 17, 1992 [Letter 11]

2011-10-06T09:16:00.002-05:00

Dear Sarah,

You are a good speller. I learned lots of words from you. I did not get to see my mom or dad on Christmas. Gaba sad mom can't have visitors. We maybe can go see her tomorow though.
Gaba had a pudle once but not anymore. Her name was Shugar. That's kinda like Princess.

    I am sorry Baley is moving away. I have never had a friend that moved. Only I moved.
    Papa is in the hospital.
    I got woke up really late and there was sirens outside. Guys in blue clothes put Papa on a bed with wheels and now he's at the hospital. Gaba says he is going to be okay and she says that a lot. Sometimes she says it to her self.
    We are getting ice cream now so I will write more later. I got strawbary. Its my favrot. Now we are visiting papa.
    You never even told me what you look like.

    Sincerely
    Kyle

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January 2, 1992 [Letter 10]

2011-10-05T08:38:00.000-05:00

Dear Kyle

    I got a puppy for Christmas and her name is Princess! She is a pudle and she is very cute. I'm going to teach her how to sit and roll over. What did you get for Christmas? I had a big box and when it opened there was another box and then another one and like a hundred boxes! Then the last one had a caller in it and it said Princess on it! That is how I got her.
    Happy new years. Daddy sad you have to have a goal for the year and mine is to teach Princess how to sit and be pottytraind. It is called a resolution. That is a goal for a year. You should make a goal to.
    My best friend is moving to a different school. Her name is Bailey. I'm sad that she is leaving. She is going to live in pencilvanya. I think thats a long way away.
    It has been a long time since my mom had a Friday with me and daddy. I wish she could come with us but she always has to work and now she has to work the weekend to. I miss her having Friday's with us.

    Love,
    Sarah

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December 22, 1991 [Letter 9]

2011-10-04T08:26:00.004-05:00

Deer Sarah,

    Gaba sad this will not get to your house before Christmas (Gaba sad its spelled like that cause of jesus) so have a mary Christmas! lincoln logs are really small so it wasnt as big as a real life house.
    Gaba and me do fun stuff all the time. Today we went up a giant elevator that is all glass so you can see out of it and it shoots up real fast over all the buildings. Then we got pancakes at the cracker barl and they tasted really good. Now we are watching fox and the hound while I write you're letter. I am getting tired though so I will finish it tomorow. We had to fix the fort and now it is bigger then before!
    Gaba sad I have to finish you're letter before we go to get donuts so that we can take it to the post office first but I cant think of more stuff to write.

Sincerely,
Kyle

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December 14, 1991 [Letter 8]

2011-10-03T19:21:00.003-05:00

Dear Kyle,

    That sounds like fun. The Brave Little Toaster Is My favrite movie. I wish I could watch it with you and Gaba with warm blankets and hot coco.
    You built a whole house? Wow! Thats really good! I wish I could make a house. My gramma lives in Florida. Shes not the one who lives here. Thats grammy. Gramma is my mom's mom. My daddy says Florida is a little close to where you live in Georgia and he said that Atlanta is a big citty.
    Daddy and me went out by ourselfs yesterday. Mom didn't come with us because she had to work late and she was mad because she did'nt want to work on Fridays but she sad shes sorry. It was a little warmer so we went to grammy's house again and made cookies. I have lots of presents over they're and one big one. I cant wait to open them all on Christmas. Christmas is spelled funny.

Love, Sarah

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December 3, 1991 [Letter 7]

2011-10-02T11:59:00.003-05:00

Deer, Sarah,

    Gaba says I cant live with my dad because he lives in South dakoda and its too cold they're I would freeze. I can't remember halloween that much but it was really good.
    Lincoln logs are lots of fun! You can build houses with them. I build big tall houses with them and I can make windows too because gaba showed me how.
    Gaba and me are best friends. Papa made a fort all over the living room, and then he took it all down and made it back so that it was pointing at the teevee so that I can watch teevee in my fort and last night gaba stayed in the fort with me all night! It was really fun because she told scary stories and then we got nice and comfy with a blanket and watched the brave little Toester with hot coco. Johnny stayed in there too, but he fell asleep first. He likes it here now.
    I have brown hair and it is short. Georgia has lots of people here. Math is hard thats why I dont like it. My favrit color is red. My favrit food is hot dogs. I like recess the most at school.
    Oh yeah on halloween I dressed like a pirate and I had a sword! It was only a little cold here, so Gaba took me out trick or treating. Its really cold now. Gaba says its a lot colder were you are in Maine though.

    Sincerely,
    Kyle

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November 21, 1991 [Letter 6]

2011-09-30T09:27:00.002-05:00

Dear Kyle,

    Gaba is a funny name. My grammas name is just gramma. I've never played with lincoln logs before. What do they do?
    My dad says that sometimes brothers and sisters have a different mom or dad. I'm sorry your sister does'nt live at gaba's. I would miss her if I had a sister who went away. Why dont you stay at home with your dad?
    Tomorrow we are going to a pizza night because it will be to cold again to go out. As soon as it is not to cold we are going to go get pancakes and hot chocolate.
    My dad sad to ask more questions for you. What is your favrit color? What is your favrit food? What do you look like? What is Georgia like? Why dont you like math? What other school things do you like other than math?
    My aunty is just a weird aunty. She is very funny.
    On Halloween we went trick and treating at school. It was really cold outside. All the teachers gave us lots of candy. I dressed up like a frog and hopped all over. What were you dressed up like?

    Love,
    Sarah

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November 8, 1991 [Letter 5]

2011-09-29T10:03:00.001-05:00

Deer Sarah,

    I did not get your letter at first because this is my new address. I live with my gaba now. She is my mom's mom. I can't live with my mom anymore. I live with papa too. They are really nice and its fun living here. I have my own room and it is big with a big bed too. They bought me some new toys and lots of lincoln logs to play with. (Those are really fun). Gameshow sounds fun too.
    Paige lives with her dad now because we have different dads. I miss her because she is funny. John sleeps with Gaba and papa because he does not like it here.
    Gaba had a penpal when she was very little. She says penpals are good to have.
    Georgia does tests too. I don't like math. We do subtracting and measure shapes during math time. What does your aunty do? What did you do for Halloween?

    Sincerely,
    Kyle

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October 18, 1991 [Letter 4]

2011-09-29T09:50:00.003-05:00

Dear Kyle,

    This is fun writting letters. Friday is my favrite day of the week. My dad (I call him daddy) and mom take me out to eat and we drive around or see a movie sometimes. Last week we went to grammys house. It is too cold so we can't get pancakes like we planned. We are going to make popcorn and watch a movie instead. They are happy that we are penpels and we always talk about what I should write to you.
    I want to be just like my aunty when I grow up.
    I like math at school. We are doing subtractions now. It is more fun than adding.
    I did a test today at school. It was about subtracting numbers. I got a 97 on my test. That's really good. Do you have tests in Georgia?
    The game that I won when I got the letter is called gameshow. Miss Beverly asks the class questions and somebody gets a point when they say the right answer.

    Love, Sarah

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October 10, 1991 [Letter 3]

2011-09-29T09:47:00.001-05:00

Deer Sarah Perish,

    I am happy that you sent me a letter. It took a long time and I thought that no one got my letter. My teacher is old too and she's really nice. I have a brother named John. He is bigger then me and he is in boyscouts. My sisters name is Paige and she is older than John by thre years and John is 9 so that means that Paige is 12. I am 7. Paige is in middle school.
    My class doesn't go on field trips but sometimes I stay at uncle Dannys house. His house is big and lots of fun.
    I'm glad that we are penpals too. Writting letters is fun. I wish my dad would help me write them. My teacher helps us write letters.
    I had a dog named Macks one time he was a rockwiler. But my dad and mom gave him away becase he got real big.
    What do you want to be when you grow up? Princes is a good dog name.
    What game did you have to win to get the letter?

    Sinserly,
    Kyle Ayers

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October 3, 1991 [Letter 2]

2011-09-29T08:38:00.005-05:00

Dear Kyle,

Hi, my name is Sarah Perish and I live in Bangor, Maine. I'm seven to and my birthday is in May, so you are older then me. I didnot now what a penpel is, so my teacher told me. I want to be your penpel because that sounds fun. I didn't know what a time zone is to so my dad told me. He said that means its the same time here and there at the same time. Some places are different.

My teacher asked everybody who wants a penpel to play a game and the winner got to be the penpel and I won. This is my first letter ever so my dad helps me write it. He sad that I should ask you questions.

Do you have any brothers or sisters? I don't have any but I wish I had a little sister or maybe a brother.

Have you ever gone on a field trip? My dad sad that field trips are when every one in you're class goes on the bus to a fun place and learns stuff there.

Do you have pets? I don't have any but I want a girl puppy and name her Princes.

I'm glad that we are penpels. I like writting letters. Please give me another letter and I will write another one after that.

Love,

Sarah Perish

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About Letters From Sarah

2011-09-29T04:55:00.003-05:00

    Letters From Sarah, written by David Hickman, is a touching story following the letters between two friends whose life-long bond endures the years despite a thousand mile difference, many trials and tribulations, and even the walls of a maximum-security prison.

    When Kyle Ayers, age seven, sends a friendly letter addressed to "any elementary school in Bangor, Maine" as a school assignment, a second grade teacher by the name of Jill Beverly, who receives the letter, introduces Kyle to who will eventually become his best friend. After deliberation amongst the teachers and a competition within Beverly's classroom, the letter finds its way into the hands of a young girl named Sarah Perish, and a friendship is born.

    Currently, Letters From Sarah is updated daily, with each post introducing a new letter.

    I could talk about it all day, or you could read it for yourself.

September 10, 1991 [Letter 1]

2011-09-29T03:29:00.004-05:00

Deer Somebody,

My name is Kyle Ayers and I live at atlanta Georgia. I am 7 years old and going to be eight in next March. I am learning Georgraphy in second grade and it is fun. Our teacher says we should be penpals with somebody in a different state. I picked Maine because we are in the same time zone and far away and also that's where my teacher was born a long time ago. She is old.

I hope that you send me a letter too.

Sincerly,

Kyle Ayers

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