Thanks to all that "voted"!
Now I have six weeks or so to write / edit / rewrite / edit / rewrite the letter, better get started!
I think handwritten for the final would be the best........
Jim
PS: I did not mention this before about her: she is definitely "all in" -- works in a halfway house and is the office manager for a homeless ministry; not very anonymous -- her car's front license plate reads
N A I O U 1.