'We All Miss You'
"We miss you". And this: "A Poem for Peter Jennings". It's entitled: "We All Miss You."
The touching tribute came from the tiny fingers of Adora Svitak. Adora is just 7-years-old.
When the Redmond girl found out Peter Jennings had lung cancer, she wanted him to know: "We all want to hear your voice and when we do we shall rejoice."
Adora became a fan six months ago when she met the anchorman.
"Look at the expression on the picture. He's very attentive. He's really intrigued by her," says Adora's mother Joyce. She's referring to the pictures of Jennings and her daughter.
Peter Jennings was on the set of Good Morning America in February. Adora Svitak was a guest on the show. GMA had found out about her after KOMO 4 News did a story about her -- Adora had written 300 short stories, and she was only 7 years old!
At first, Adora didn't know who Peter Jennings was.
"No, I thought he was part of the staff maybe," says Adora.
Jennings was just as curious about Adora and her talents as we were. He watched her type 60 words a minute. He learned what we already knew: That Adora had written all those short stories. How many words? "270,000!" she says.
Her words these days have a historical perspective, ever since Peter Jennings sent Adora his book, The Century.
"I can write better because I'll know more facts," Adora says. Jennings signed it. "You are the future," he wrote. Adora wrote back: "You are the past, present, and future."
One day Adora would love to see Peter Jennings again. Until then, she wants me to pass this message on:
"I would want him to get better and really fast," she says.
We all do.