Since Aspen Kelly can't travel the world right now, her mom decided to bring the world to her.
Aspen is turning 13 on Sept. 1, but because she is receiving treatment for leukemia, she can't leave Oklahoma. Her mother, Vanessa Kelly, went on Facebook and asked her friends if they'd send Aspen postcards from wherever they are in the world, hoping that she'd at least get one from every state. Kelly posted this in July, and by mid-August, the message had been shared more than 1,000 times. Kelly set up a P.O. box for the postcards, and has already received more than 1,000 postcards from all 50 states and 49 countries, she told CBS News.
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