Summertime

Hi Z. Lily,

I hope you are having a good summer so far. I bet you are going to day camp. Probably like a fish in the pool and wacking a tennis ball around. Make me a wallet if you have a chance?

Did you go to the 4th of July parade? I did and it was pretty good. I watched it down near Flavs restaurant where we watched it together several times. Did you see the gorillas? They were funny. There weren't any jugglers this year though. I saw a few of your freinds and their parents that night and said hi to them. They wanted to know where you were but I didn't know of course. I wanted to look for you along the parade route but that is not allowed.

OH! Plato says hi! He misses you almost as much as I do Z. Lily. I think of you a lot when I see the kids taking sailing lessons down the hill from my house and wonder if you will be doing that in a couple more years. It hasn't been a real good beach year so far but I'll bet you have gone already.

Have you seen Alice, Lian and Libby this year at all? Do you guys still measure each other to see who is growing the fastest. You were the peanut when mommie and I first saw you in China but within a year or so you were the tallest! All that mac & cheese we figured.

You are going to be NINE in a couple of weeks!! Whoooa! I wish I could send you a card, buy you a gift or see you but I am not allowed to. Mommy won't let me. Just remember that I still love you very, very much and think of you a lot. Everyday I wish I could see you and make you giggle. I will always love you and know that someday I will see you again and hold your hand like we used to everyday after school. I even will remember how to skip....

Bye for now Zooma. I put a picture of a nice heart you drew for me 2 years ago. It is one of my favorites. I have lots of your drawings saved here along with all your China tapes and lots of pictures. I like to look at them sometimes when I miss you. I have to go now.

Be safe and tell Hippy and Piggy I said hi, ok?

Love, dad