It was December 1976 and I decided to write President Ford a letter. He had just lost to Gov. Jimmy Carter and I wanted to console him. I recall writing some very 9-year-old sort of things - something about how Gov. Carter was just a peanut farmer.
One day the following spring I came home to find a very official looking letter. Inside was this note. It went directly up on my wall.
I knew nothing about political correspondence at the time - I had never heard the term "autopen" - and assumed my letter had passed before his very eyes and had prompted him to write and sign this letter. Who knows, maybe he did. I will always have a special love for President Ford.
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Delightful and touching. Thanks for sharing.
Will there ever be another gentleman in the White House again?
I was struck by the humility of the little missive. The letterhead just says Gerald R. Ford, Transition Office. And, I think he actually wrote it. He was a level head.
You lived on "Hoffman" lane, go figure. Probably why you got the response, ha!
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