DEAR ABBY: I read your column every day, and a while ago I saw a letter from a man who thought he was too old to go back to school. My story is similar.
After graduating from high school in 1983, I went into the Air Force. I served two four-year terms and worked a year at a job that didn't seem to be going anywhere, but I thought at 29 I was too old to go back to school. Then I saw a letter in your column from someone who said, "I've always wanted a college education, but if I go to school for four more years, I'll be 30 years old when I graduate." You said, "And how old will you be in four years if you DON'T go back to school and graduate?" That did it for me!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me the much-needed push to go back to school. -- MARTY G. IN DENVER
DEAR MARTY G.: Thank you! Your letter made my day.