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Dear Holly: Your Fancy Cleaning Shoes

8 years, 2 months.

Dear Holly,

As our family is apparently just days away from finally moving into our house in Alabama that we have been renovating since March, you have been finding ways to help us prepare for the move.

That includes tidying up our current living space at Nonna and Papa’s house.

Nonna sent me a picture of you cleaning the floors in one of the rooms. I suppose you were being quite thoughtful and considerate, as you apparently invented some special shoes out of Ziploc bags; to prevent your feet from getting the floor dirty again.

Thank you for doing your part!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Holly: Learning Secret Family Recipes from Nonna

8 years, 1 months.

Dear Holly,

One of the reasons we moved here to Alabama was to make more memories with family, as opposed to just waiting for the holidays or the rushed weekends trips from Nashville to see them.

This week, I loved being able to observe Nonna teaching you her secret family recipes, as she taught you the way her Mexican side of the family made empanadas and the way her Italian side of the family made calzones.

You were all in! You loved being able to help Nonna help cook dinner for us.

It is moments like this that say so much about our new life here in Alabama.

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Jack: Trying to Sell Your SWAG from the Braves Game

13 years, 7 months.

Dear Jack,

Last Friday we had so much fun going to Atlanta to the Braves game with the church. You got to ride shotgun in the bus on the way there and back.

We got there a little bit early and were rewarded by being given a free Braves cowboy hat.

After the game ended and we were walking back to the parking lot, some girls approached you. They asked how much you wanted for the hats that they assumed you were selling.

I was so proud as you negotiated a price with them. You were all business. Unfortunately, they didn’t have cash; nor did I have Cash App or Venmo.

And since we were with a group, we didn’t really have time to figure that out as we had to keep moving.

But hey, if they would have had cash, you could have made some easy money!

Love,

Daddy

 

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Dear Holly: This Week at VBS

8 years, 1 month.

Dear Holly,

If this week at Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church in Fort Payne is any indication of what it will be like when you start at your new school in August, then I know you are definitely going to love it!

It certainly helps that you can to hang out with your cousin Darla and your new friend Charlee, who are also in your grade.

Where you’ve grown up in Tennessee, Vacation Bible School wasn’t as accessible as it is here in a smaller town in Alabama. I’m so glad you are getting to experience it this year!

Love,

Daddy

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Dear Jack: Helping Papa Build Bird Houses

13 years, 6 months.

Dear Jack,

At our church in Alabama you are now the age where instead of going to your own class for Vacation Bible School, your role is to help teachers with the younger grades.

It just so happens that Papa is the one appointed to build all the bird houses that they use for the 5th and 6th grade groups. That meant your job was to help Papa him build them… from scratch.

Another activity you have absolutely enjoyed this week has been helping out with leading the sports and games.

You are like me in that you need a creative, challenging project to focus on at all times.

Well, you’ve got one for the week, at least.

 

Love,

Daddy