13 years, 7 months.

Dear Jack,

Last week, I could have easily forgotten about it being the 4th of July until I started hearing the fireworks that night.

But not you. You made sure that we took you to buy a 13 year-old’s worth of fireworks.

While we watched you host your own fireworks show in the driveway, there were multiple other fireworks shows going on all around us.

Our surrounding neighborhoods clearly had a much bigger budget for fireworks than we gave you.

You didn’t seem to notice.

Not only were you happy with the fireworks you managed, but you truly didn’t seem to notice all the other fireworks going on behind you the whole time.

Love,

Daddy