Heh, I did the BOP Magazine thing too! That's how I met Elizabeth from New Braunfels, TX. I think I must've been in 4th grade when we first started writing to each other. We still keep in touch every once in a while!

And when I was in the 5th grade, my class did a pen pal project with another 5th grade class from Boston, MA. I met Monica that way. We wrote to each other at least once a month...and eventually the snail mailing stopped when we got to high school and email became the way to go. Years passed, and about 4 years ago I finally made my way to the East Coast and we met each after years and years of writing to each other. What was really cool was that our THEN-SIGNIFICANT OTHERS were with us. I know that every year I can always count on a birthday card from her! She's a sweetie...too bad she lives so far away!