Pen Pal

Yesterday a really nice thing happened. Adam received a letter from his 4.5 year old cousin Dean. It was great! THANK YOU DEAN! And Nicole because Ihope we can keep this up!

One of the unfortunate outcomes of my living 5,000 miles away is the fact that Adam doesn't get to 'grow up' with his cousin Dean. I remember my childhood and that there were always a gaggle of us cousins romping about when the family got together, which was all the time. My memories of the things we did (even those things that got us into trouble) are things I really treasure. I feel really sad that Adam doesn't have that. We also live about 200 miles from Patricks family, and his cousin Kim (who is 10). I suppose that happens as time moves on and families move away from tradition (blast you internet!). Well Dean's letter gave me some real inspiration. Again THANK YOU NICOLE. Adam is having some problems with his writing in school, its messy and he HATES to do it. If we can get him to write to his new pen-pal, Dean, then we can 'kill two birds with one stone'. Who said the written letter was a thing of the past?