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  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

THE TOWN EXPECTED THE TIME CAPSULE TO CONTAIN OLD PHOTOS AND SCHOOL MEMORIES. NO ONE EXPECTED A LETTER ADDRESSED TO OPAL. ESPECIALLY NOT THE WOMAN WHO HADN’T THOUGHT ABOUT CORDELL IN SIXTY YEARS. Read More

  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

“OPAL, I WROTE THIS FOR YOU SIXTY YEARS AGO.” THOSE WORDS CAME FROM THE BOY SHE THOUGHT HAD NEVER NOTICED HER. THEN SHE OPENED THE LETTER AND DISCOVERED WHY HE HAD NEVER ASKED HER TO THE DANCE. Read More

  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

OPAL HAD SPENT SIXTY YEARS BELIEVING CORDELL HAD NEVER FELT THE SAME WAY SHE DID. THEN HE HANDED HER HIS 1965 LETTER. ONE SECRET ABOUT HER FATHER MADE HER REALIZE SHE HAD NEVER KNOWN THE WHOLE STORY. Read More

  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

SHE THOUGHT THE TIME CAPSULE WAS ABOUT THE PAST. THEN CORDELL GAVE HER A LETTER HE HAD WRITTEN AT SEVENTEEN. “I NEVER FORGOT YOU,” HE WHISPERED. BUT THE LAST SECRET IN THAT LETTER WASN’T ABOUT LOVE—IT WAS ABOUT WHY HE LET HER GO. Read More

  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

SHE WAS 78, WIDOWED, AND HAD STOPPED EXPECTING SURPRISES FROM LIFE. THEN A SIXTY-YEAR-OLD LETTER WAS PLACED IN HER HANDS. WHAT CORDELL HAD WRITTEN ABOUT HER FATHER CHANGED THE WAY SHE REMEMBERED HER ENTIRE YOUTH. Read More

  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

AT 78, OPAL THOUGHT THE TIME CAPSULE WOULD BRING BACK OLD MEMORIES. INSTEAD, IT GAVE HER A LETTER FROM THE BOY WHO HAD LOVED HER IN 1965. BUT HE HAD KEPT ONE SECRET FROM HER FOR SIXTY YEARS. Read More

  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

“FOR THE GIRL WHO ALWAYS SAT BY THE WINDOW IN THIRD-PERIOD ENGLISH.” OPAL FROZE WHEN SHE HEARD THE WORDS. THEN CORDELL, THE BOY WHO NEVER SPOKE HIS FEELINGS, WALKED TOWARD HER WITH A YELLOWED ENVELOPE. Read More

  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

THEY HADN’T SPOKEN ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL IN SIXTY YEARS. THEN CORDELL HANDED OPAL A LETTER HE’D WRITTEN IN 1965. THE FIRST FEW LINES MADE HER SMILE. THE SECRET INSIDE MADE HER CRY. Read More

  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

OPAL THOUGHT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN THE BOY WHO SAT TWO ROWS BEHIND HER. SHE WAS WRONG. WHEN THE TIME CAPSULE WAS OPENED, CORDELL RETURNED WITH A LETTER HE HAD NEVER DARED TO SEND. Read More

  The Letter Cordell Kept for Sixty Years Opal hadn’t thought about the time capsule in sixty years. In 1965, her senior class had buried a steel box behind the …

SIXTY YEARS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, OPAL WATCHED HER TOWN OPEN A TIME CAPSULE. THEN THE MAYOR READ: “FOR THE GIRL WHO ALWAYS SAT BY THE WINDOW.” AN OLD CLASSMATE WALKED OVER WITH THE LETTER HE’D WRITTEN IN 1965—AND WHAT IT REVEALED LEFT HER SPEECHLESS. Read More