This past Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mom and I had to work.

But, H, you are still out of school for the Christmas break.

Because of this you two have been at Pop and Gammies for the last three nights.

Anyway. Mom and I came to pick y’all up today.

You were both so tired from too many late nights and too much TV.

We all late lunch together and visited into the late afternoon before we came home.

Before we left, you girls insisted on swinging for a bit in the front yard.

We ended up swinging for over half an hour.

Lifting one of y’all in the air (forever ago), I sang a line from an old R. Kelly song.

I believe I can fly…
Spread my wings and touch the sky…

(Don’t lookup R. Kelly. Decades later he got in a ton of trouble.)

As we pushed you both in your swings y’all screamed that first line over and over until I asked you to stop.

And then everyone but me fell asleep on the car ride home.

I love you.

-Dad