9/20/2025

 My dear Chase,

In a couple months, you’ll be a teenager. I can’t believe how fast the time has gone. You are just the sweetest ever. You spent a week with me again this summer, your last week before school. And you were always so polite and so considerate papa and I bought tickets for the whole family to go to the Steeler preseason game. And you thanked me twice for taking you.

The day after Papa and I took you all you guys home I was to have surgery for a hip replacement. You sent me a note that night that said good luck on your surgery tomorrow. Not everybody remembers to say those things.

This year you really wanted to learn how to water ski, So we went up to the lake house two different days for you to try. Your parents weren’t even there, so I was very impressed that you chose to keep getting up time after time. That took a lot of courage you did finally get up but fell right back down. You said to me be honest do you think I couldn’t get my picture on the board.? Because we have pictures up at the lake house and when someone Learns to ski we take a picture and I put the name and year on it. And Papa says absolutely you’re gonna get your picture on the board this year. We were all pretty excited you were able to get up.

I love you, Chase

Xxoo

5/21/2025

 My sweet Chase,

You are just the sweetest ever, and you are so polite. You and your family came to Florida to visit Papa and I in April and of course Papa always makes breakfast pancakes and bacon and you said to him “good breakfast papa thank you“ you were just always so polite about everything.

You sure are growing fast. I can’t believe how fast it’s gone. Your dad sent me a video of you In your dance class at school. You were a great little dancer. I hope you keep up with it. I was very impressed.

I sure love you

Xxoo

1/6/25

 My dear Chase,

You guys came home for Christmas and you got there in the dark. There was some snow on our deck and your three kids went out there and played for close to an hour throwing snow around and just having a ball.

We always try to go skiing with all the cousins if the weather cooperates. And you do enjoy it a lot. You do get very nervous, but you kept at it. And I am so proud of you. You only get to ski once or twice a year so it is pretty hard to learn how. And you wanted to go down the big hill, and you actually did go down it twice. I was just so happy and proud you kept at it.

You are such a sweet young boy and I love you to pieces.

Xxoo