article_snippet: Finally: Nicole and Norman have been writing to each other for the last 18 years, but have only just met each other in the flesh in Batrop, Texas .
article_snippet: Nicole and Norman would send photos in Nicole and Norman letters and celebrate birthdays and holidays with each other from afar.
article_snippet: The couple witnessed Nicole grow up through Nicole letters, and Norman has kept all of The couple, even a poem Nicole wrote for Norman when Nicole was young.
article_snippet: wife Bobbie (together) finally got to meet Nicole (center left) and her family, after Nicole traveled from New York to meet with The couple .
article_snippet: Norman sat anxiously in the restaurant where A reunion of sorts: Norman Fikes and his wife Bobbie (together) finally got to meet Nicole (center left) and her family, after Nicole traveled from New York to meet with the couple planned to meet. '
article_snippet: Together with their families, Nicole and Norman (back left) have now finally met .
article_snippet: Once the tears stopped, the two shared Together with their families, Nicole and Norman (back left first proper conversation and meal.
article_snippet: Together with their families, Nicole and Norman (back left have now agreed to speak over text, with Bobbie helping Bobbie husband type and read the messages.
highlights_snippet: Nicole, 11, of New York, started writing to Norman, 61, of Texas, in 1996 .
  