I sent a letter to a deployed soldier to thank him for his service. We are now celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary.

I sent a letter to a deployed soldier to thank him for his service. We are now celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary.

The author (not pictured) sent a letter with cookies to a soldier she had never met before.Virojt Changyencham/Getty ImagesIn my early 20s, I saw a story about sending a letter to deployed soldiers. I hadn't made many friends after college, so I wrote one and sent it with cookies. In 1995, I married one of the soldiers with whom I had become a pen pal. In 1990, I was in my early 20s, living in my first apartment and in my first post-college job.…