Tom Burgett has always been fascinated with the many diverse cultures of our amazing planet. With so many billions of people and places on Earth, he's always been in love with learning about these new locations and cultures from all over!
But even though the 70-year-old loves the idea of traveling, unfortunately, his health doesn't make it possible for him to go out very much. In the end stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, this man spends most of his days at home, only waiting for the doctor to visit.
As the weeks turned to months, he began to fear the world was forgetting about him and that everything was just passing him by.
That's when a miracle happened. The amazing people at Wish of a Lifetime, a non-profit group, got together and asked everyone they could to be a friend to Tom and send him a postcard from their hometown.
Tom was expecting a couple dozen postcards from the community, but as the days passed he eventually ended up receiving over 2,000 cards from all 50 states and over 90 countries from all over!
So while Tom might not be able to physically travel the world, in his mind he is free, and with so many friends from so many places he doesn't ever have to worry about missing out on the world!
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