Every year I write each of the children a birthday letter. Usually it follows a simple outline. I profess my delight in them, give some examples from my memory and then go on to give them advice for the new year before I close by expressing my love and life-long commitment to them. Kyle turned twenty-three on Saturday and I departed from tradition and gave him no advice. Instead I listed two or three dozen memories that live in my heart as examples of the delight he had brought to our lives since the blustery late-October day he came into our arms.
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Flipper
In mid-October we re-visited the cabins we have enjoyed for years. Dan checked out the tramp. Life is good… even up-side-down.
Holmes County, Ohio
Tuesday afternoon we drove the backroads like we used to when all the children were small.
Everyone has a heartland and as much as I love my adopted state of Michigan something stirrs deep within me when I visit the cluster of counties in central Ohio known as Holmes, Licking, Knox and Coschocton.
The Week of September 20, 2006
Here is a little up-date about where we are going and where we have been and what we have been up to lately. Heidi turned seventeen on Saturday so we have been celebrating with her.
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Stonecliffe
This was where Lois and I spent our 25th Wedding Anniversary. We stayed in the gable room in the upper left hand corner of the picture.
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