article_snippet: Norman Fikes, a writer from Bastrop, Texas, came across the ad and responded, subsequently beginning an exchange that would - and continues to - last a lifetime.
article_snippet: That was 1996, and Norman - then 61 - and Norman - then 61 - wife, Bobbie, started to eagerly await letters from Norman Fikes, a writer from Bastrop, Texas young pen pal, Nicole, KVUE TV reported.
article_snippet: However, much to Norman dismay, Norman, now almost 80, was forced to stop writing back to Nicole recently, as Norman Parkinson's Disease worsens and Norman hands are too shaky to put pen to paper.
article_snippet: A reunion of sorts: Norman Fikes and Norman Fikes
highlights_snippet: Norman, now almost 80, has Parkinson's Disease and can no longer write .
  