On Saving Old Letters from Lovers Past

More than 30 years and two weeks ago my mailbox began to fill up uncharacteristically.  They were Valentines.  They started coming about 4 or 5 days before The Big Day, and in increasing numbers.  On February 14 there must have been 20 cards in the box.  All told, maybe 50 over the course of the week.  All from the same person.

I was madly in love at the…