Ruby,
Hey pie! I hope you’re well. Spring is in full swing and I hope you’re enjoying it…outside enjoying it, not setting inside looing at a screen! I really miss you so much, and to think I chose to stay in town and not go to Chattanooga because I was worried I wouldn’t see you enough.
I can see the parking lot of the jail from my cell window. The last few weeks in the morning, there have been school buses from all over the county here. I see the kids leave; they appear to be about your age. I keep hoping I’ll see you. I thought you might go to Salt Fork, maybe your mom drove you there, or something, but they were here today so I know you don’t now. I cried a little bit waiting for the kids to come on T. I realized how pathetic it is that I’m hoping to see my daughter from 4 floors up and 50 yards away for the first time in three-and-a-half years, and I don’t even know if it is the right school.
“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Psalms 30:5
So, I know this is only for a while longer. Only new info here is that they added coffee to our community list this week! So, that will be a nice change after all this time. I go to court tomorrow, just for a continuance though. Won’t be much longer and I’ll have an out date and I can start earning good time to get home.
Everybody misses you – Grandma Babe. Her birthday is in 2 days. Grandpa Frank, he could have used your help putting in the garden! All your uncles and cousins, they are all getting so big!
I love and miss you most of all!
Love,
Daddy
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