Here is the email I
sent to you on Jan. 26, 2013, just in case you don’t get to see it:
Hi Kieran,
How are you doing? I’m doing fine, though I miss you very
much and think about you every day. The good news is that we finally will be
able to see one another again in just six days, on Feb. 1! I will enjoy
catching up with you since I have not received your emails during the past
months. Hopefully you have been receiving mine; I have kept all of my emails to
you and will show them to you once we are allowed to see one another again.
We have much to celebrate when we see each other on Friday.
First, there is Valentine’s Day! Do you get to exchange valentines with your
classmates on Feb. 14? I always did when I went to school. We also had parties,
too, usually in the afternoon. Everybody in school looked forward to them. We
also got to make valentine mailboxes that we’d put on our desk for our
classmates to drop valentines into. One year, I made a valentine box that looked
like a gas station!
We’ll celebrate Valentine’s Day together on Feb. 1 with some
of grandma’s yummy valentine sugar cookies! She also is baking another special
treat that you’ll really like – it’s one of your favorite sweets!
The second thing we have to celebrate is your birthday!
Everybody has birthday presents for you, and I can’t wait for you to open them.
Is there anything special you wanted for your birthday this year? Last year for
your birthday on Feb. 23, you and I went to Chuck E Cheese together in
Lancaster, and you got a Transformer toy and an art set. We then played all
kinds of games together. I had lots of fun with you!
There’s another big day coming up in February – President’s
Day. We usually celebrate George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays
on President Day, which is Feb. 18 this year. Speaking of Abraham Lincoln,
today I saw a movie about him at the theater. It was a very good movie, and one
day when you’re older I’m sure you’ll want to watch it. Some people said the movie
is too serious, but you’re a very smart boy, so when you get older I’m certain
you’ll enjoy it.
Have you read any good books lately? I have. It was about Abraham
Lincoln! The book was called “Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek” by Deborah Hopkinson.
Actually, it’s about when Abraham Lincoln was a boy, maybe 6 or 7 years old. He
and his friend Austin have to get across a very dangerous creek but because
there’s no bridge they run into problems. I bet your school library or the
public library has a copy of the book that you could check you. Perhaps your
mother or Grandpa Don could read it to you!
Well, that it is all for now. I can’t wait to see you in
just a few days!
Love,
Dad
