It was from Melissa Gilbert. You might know Melissa as the ... running through the tall grass, her braids swaying after her. Maybe a chubby baby me was crawling nearby, taking all that cozy ...

I was the 5-year-old girl who asked for pigtail braids and calico dresses ... or older. And at 59, Melissa Gilbert is somehow our mom’s age, too, but also our age (or younger) in a weird ...