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A stock image of an senior writing a card.
  • A 96-year-old grandma hand-wrote 8,000 holiday cards to American troops this year. 
  • Since 2020, she's written almost 24,000 cards, averaging about 50 a day. 
  • She said her husband served in WWII, and she knows how hard it is to be separated from loved ones. 

A 96-year-old grandmother in Kansas has made it her mission to cheer up military service members during the holidays.