My Dad and Ashlyn are very close but he lives in North Carolina and we live in Florida. He sends them letters and gifts in the mail and they talk on the phone quite a bit but Ashlyn loves e-mailing him. It has been great for practicing writing sentences and using punctuation. Plus she is getting keyboard practice and they are growing closer. He is good about writing her back right away and she gets so excited to read it. Here is an example e-mail.
I hope you are having a great time walking your dog mose in the morning. I love you to. How are you doing?
Love,
ashlyn
And here’s his reply.
What a nice surprise to get an email from you. Yes I am having a good time with Mose . He and I walk to the top of Beaver Dam Mountain and back down. We pick up trash from the road and recycle the aluminum cans and throw away the rest. We hike about 5 1/2 miles round trip.
The weather has been cold in the morning but pretty nice in the afternoon. It is supposed to get pretty cold this weekend. I am going to have to wrap Mose’s dog house in a blanket so he will stay warm.I might have to put an extra blanket on my bed.
Say hello to Mom, Dad and Emily for me. Mose said to say hello to Reilly.
Loved hearing from you.
Love,
Popa
