Kicker: A very special birthday card

NICK EICHER, HOST: Birthday traditions can be silly or sweet. Or practically prehistoric.

When Pat DeReamer turned 95 last week, she received a birthday card in the mail from her friend Mary Wheaton. Not just any old card—but it was an old card, and the same one they’ve sent back and forth 81 years straight.

Audio from WLKY.

DEREAMER: This is the original card. She puts the arrow where she wants me to sign it because I can’t see where to sign it anymore!

Mary first mailed it to Pat for on her 14th birthday, 1944. On the outside it reads, wishing you a birthday that’s colossal. On the inside. Cause it'll be a long, long time before YOU’RE an old fossil!

Since then, it’s become a living relic of friendship—held together with love, laughter, and Scotch tape when needed.

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