So I opened my laptop this morning, and I was shocked to see my family peering back at me. I had forgotten that I changed my screensaver. It’s a photo of my mother and her four children, me being the baby. My Father’s handwriting is scribbled across the bottom and it says, Constance, here’s a little reminder , so you won’t forget your quirky family. Love dad.

It makes my heart skip a beat every time I see my father’s handwriting, and I felt that way all my life. His love language was letter writing. When I was in summer camp and college, and over 20 years in Europe, my father always sent letters. He would decorate the envelopes and he would send clippings and, I don’t know, it was just so beautiful. So it was cool to see this.

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