The Peace of My Grandmother’s Letters

By Bojana Milojkovic (Views are my own and do not represent the U.S. Department of State)

As most of the world currently faces stay-at-home orders amid a relentless onslaught of COVID-19 news, our collective free time and anxiety levels have both spiked. Some have turned to gardening, others to baking, some to running, and others to binge watching as outlets for their anxious energy.

I happened to stumble upon a box of old, wrinkled letters my grandmother sent to my family throughout my childhood. My grandmother was always a central figure…