13 January 2017

Iddy, we have been reading together at night, and I really love it. We are reading the books called the Chronicles of Nick. I like it because the hero of the book really cares about other people and gets super angry when someone tries to put down or belittle someone else. This reminds me of you. Nick is also really close to his mom which I think is sweet, and I feel so close to you. You really care about other people's feelings. I love that about you. You always want to do the right thing. We were talking about that the other day and you said sometimes you wished that you weren't like that as much. I think one of your friends had asked you if you had ever had a beer. I tried to encourage you that when you are older you will never regret missing out on being a "rebellious teenager". I know because I was the same as you. Papa always talks about how much he loves that quality in you. The other day Ruth Michael was playing with one of her babies and you told me that when you were really little you had a red teddy bear that your aunt gave you. You said you liked it but you didn't love it. You said it didn't make you feel safe. You did say you played with it a lot until one of its eyes sunk in and then you thought it looked kind of scary.