She knows I'm Catholic. I send her religious Christmas cards every year with a holy card in them. She lives 300 miles from me. The increased contact idea has to do with what she wrote in her note. Her grandson and his wife were on this side of the country for a hiking trip (thousands of miles from where they live), and apparently said individual wanted to give him my phone number in case of emergency. Their hiking trip apparently encompassed a thousand miles over a few weeks and they apparently would pass through this area on their way down.
I don't know her grandson and haven't seen him in person since he was 2 years old ... that was 23 years ago.
Another thing that is great concern to me has to do with the sins I struggle the most with...namely idle chatter, gossip and talking about myself and my feelings. I've been doing this my whole life and it's really hard for me to spend time around people who are no circuмspect about their thoughts, opinions, feelings and also who don't see anything wrong with gossiping. This person has and will likely talk about my deceased relatives and their lives and all of that and I don't want to go there. It's a closed book as far as I'm concerned because their lives were terrible. From my perspective as a Catholic, their lives and deaths were tragedies that are too painful to discuss.
I'm saying too much now. Thanks for your advice. You've given me much to consider ... but at this time, I think I'm going to play it safe and be silent. Better not to say or write something I'll regret.