“I remember distinctly my first letter to her I asked, ‘do you have kangaroos in your backyard?’ and the first picture she sent me was her holding a baby kangaroo.” Simon still remembers that first letter she sent to Wendy. “I’m beside myself, I mean we’ve sent pictures back and forth, but it’s not the same thing because we are going to meet in flesh and blood now.”
The in-person introduction could not be more exciting for Simon. “She’s travelling with a friend who is visiting family in Toronto, and she figured since she’s this close why not, so she’s making a little side trip and come here, and we’re finally going to meet.” Simon will finally get to meet Wendy in person when she arrives in Saint John on June 2. She said she’d like one in Canada, and I wanted one in Australia,” said Simon. “We were both in grade school five, maybe around 10 years old, and in our respective schools we were both asked if we would be interested in a pen pal, and unbeknownst to each other, we both said yes. It will be an introduction that has been decades in the making.įor over 57 years, Wendy Simon has been in contact with her pen pal Wendy from Australia.
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