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Dear Jack: Our Friday Off Together

9 years, 10 months.

Dear Jack,

Last Friday went perfectly! I took the day off to spend with you during your Fall Break.

We spent the morning going on a long hike that led us to a cool creek where you got to play in the mud and clay- then I took you out for donuts.

It was definitely a nice change of place.

Then on Saturday morning, you and I went apple picking in the light rain.

Even though you’re now a month away from turning 10, you still reached out to hold my hand during our hike on Friday. That means a lot to me.

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: How You Play with Legos

4 years, 5 months.

Dear Holly,

For this past week, we have stumbled into a new tradition in which you and your brother work on Legos while dinner is being prepared. As your brother labors over complex mechanical creatures, you just work with a handful of pieces.

Typically, it’s 2 or 3 Lego people and only enough pieces to build a small living room.

I’ll hear you do a falsetto mutter, which is apparently them talking to each other.

It is as if you are playing house, with Legos. You can spend an hour playing with just about a dozen blocks- and you’re happy!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Jack: Fall Break Begins and I’m Taking the Day Off Tomorrow to Spend with You

9 years, 10 months.

Dear Jack,

Tomorrow, I’m doing something I never do:

I’m taking off a day off work, and it has nothing to do with us going on a vacation.

I’ve had a really good year with my numbers as a Recruiter. So once again, I get a day off this month as a reward for my work last month.

So what better day to choose than one of the days of your Fall Break?

We’re going to wake up in the morning and go on a new hike- a place not too far from us that apparently used to be a driveable Jeep trail.

Actually, we may learn that it is still is a good trail to take our Jeep out on.

Mystery and adventure await!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: You Smiled Just Like the Teddy Bear

4 years, 5 months.

Dear Holly,

Last month while Mommy and I were on our vacation in Colorado, Nonna took a picture of you and sent it to me with the caption: “Good Morning.”

When I saw the picture, I immediately thought, “Wow, Holly and the teddy bear have the exact same little smile.”

And now, a month later, I still think the same thing as I’m looking at this picture again.

What a sweet little simple smile; just like the teddy bear.

You have such an effect on me; even with just your smile.

I love the relationship that I have with you.

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: Nostalgic for the Present

4 years, 5 months.

Dear Holly,

I feel like I have traveled back in time from the present, to better appreciate “the good ole days” right now with our family.

Especially being able to work from home since this past March, I have been blessed with much more quality time with you.

I appreciate our family’s life together so much now, in a way I never could before, that it’s like I am nostalgic for the present, before it even becomes the past.

Maybe I am seeing life in a new perspective now that I’ve only got 6 months left of my 30s.

I cherish my life with you. I’m not letting it slip by.

 

Love,

Daddy