Letter 2

Dear Genna,

Thank you for the flyer. Are you sure it’s completely clean? I just can’t imagine using paper made out of animal feces. Also maybe send another flyer, because Priya’s new puppy destroyed it. Priya is adjusting well to our home, although we still have the occasional temper tantrum. Please come whenever you can. There’s always room for you in our home! Lizzie is doing well at her piano, although she’s still being a pill about her practice. Every day it’s the same. She’ll practice ten minutes and then she’ll be playing some pop song she heard on the radio. Forget scales. That’s never going to happen. Raven has grown a great deal and is actually taller than Josephine, much to her delight and Josephine’s consternation. I finally convinced Easton to get a haircut, by the way. His appearance is much improved from the last picture you saw of him. Remember that boy in our class in middle school? The one with the red hair who came to school with peanut shells in his hair? I don’t know why I thought of that. I suppose it’s because of Easton. Katie would love to visit you and your girls, but there’s no need for Alan to take her! James is driving up for the spring semester at OSU and will bring her, if that time is convenient for you. I can’t remember the exact date, but you’ll know since Jack goes there too. What’s his major again? I can never remember. James recently changed his major to religious studies. He feels called to ministry. Jesse and I are very proud, but I think that maybe OSU isn’t the best place for James, even though I love having him so close. Sort of close. It’s still several hours away. It’s a nice drive, though, with lots of pleasant places to stop. Anyway, I think maybe James should consider NNU or even George Fox. He could get a scholarship from our church if he chose NNU, which would be a big help. We’ll see what he decides this next semester. I’m grateful that he’ll be so close to Katie while she’s with you. She’s never been gone from home for so long before, and I’m a little worried. I know she’s a smart girl, but she can be a little naive. I think she expects life to be a little too much like the books she reads. She’s currently enthralled with the My Fair Godmother books by Janette Rallison. Have you read them? I haven’t, but they seem an improvement from the Twilight series. Katie is very excited to see Isabella and Mariah again. She’s hoping to visit that coffee shop you mentioned in your last letter as well. She wrote you a note. I’ll stick it in with mine. Is there anything she should bring with her? Besides clothes and books and all that. Has Isabella decided if she’s going to go to college? Maybe she and Katie could go to the same place! Love you dearly!

Your friend,

Minnie

P.S. Sorry about the stain; Priya knocked my coffee mug over and it spilled on everything.