Never say that nothing good came out of the pandemic. Letters Against Isolation might never have been born had Saffron and Shreya Patel, two high-school-age sisters from Newton, Massachusetts, not decided to write letters to their self-isolating grandmother to alleviate her loneliness and lift her spirits. They also reached out to a local care home to ask if residents might like to receive letters, and the rest, as you might expect, is history. Since April 2020, more than 21,000 LAI volunteers have sent more than 250,000 handwritten letters to 17,500 seniors around the world, in assisted living, nursing homes, independent senior living, memory care, and through senior centers and Meals on Wheels. It's incredibly easy to sign up, and you can choose where and how many letters to send. I try to write one or two short letters every few weeks; I hope the recipients enjoy photos of my cat and my baby grandson, along with news of life in Boston. Letters Against Isolation is now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and the two founders have some adult help organizing volunteers and fielding questions. Really, though, LAI is just a good idea, well done, and it's a program that's sure to outlive Covid.