Dear Granpa- 

I miss you so much. I wish you were still here. We all miss you. You would have laughed at what I did the other day. I was helping dad on the tractor-he had to fix the telephone pole and I lifted him up in the bucket on the tractor. I went too far and ran into the pole and left a huge gash from the scoop. I know you would have teased me forever. 

I get to drive the black pickup now. I named it Suzy. The speedometer quit on it but dad is fixing it. Our air conditioner quit this week. We are waiting on a part to fix it. Can you believe that I am going to be a freshman!? I am going to do every sport I can. I’m not so sure I’m going to stick with volleyball and track, but I might. I now that I am going to for sure stick with basketball. My coach has been telling me that I have a lot of potential. I hope I do.

Love,
Gracie Lu, age 14