Still miss you…
Happy birthday, Dad. Today you would’ve been 65. So old. Ha!
I finished NaNoWriMo again this year. The website still lists you as one of my writing buddies. You always will be.
I got a new tattoo over Thanksgiving. I know you’d be thrilled.
I’m planning on shopping the first book in my series in a few months. I have all your books on marketing yourself. I don’t know how you did it as you’re even more anti-social than I am.
Most of the time, I’m okay, but every once in a while, it still hits me like a freight train (Alvie loves trains, by the way…although between you and his daddy, he didn’t have much of a chance). We have a book that I got from one of my cousins called “Tickle Monster” and there’s a picture of you pasted inside the front cover with a note saying that he (my cousin) will always remember you as the tickle monster. Whenever Alvie and I read that book we always look at Grandpa Tickle’s picture, and that chokes me up, because you’ll never tickle him.
I’m a little mad, you know. Still. Just a little. Mostly I’m grateful for the time I had with you and the support you ALWAYS gave me.
Love,
Your Favorite Eldest Daughter
A rare winter trip back – dad’s sixtieth birthday
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