The friendship between us never fades. Mary Allen was my best friend—like a sister I never1. ______. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and so on.

When I was 13, my family moved. Mary and I 2. ______ in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special3. ______ — like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were 4. ______ with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote 5. ______. One day a card that I sent came back 6. ______ “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to 7. ______ Mary.