Dad

He has recently learned to be more encouraging (he tends to be brutally honest), and now writes us encouraging notes. He folds the notes into paper airplanes and flies them at us.




He clips our nails.
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Melissa and Dad, 2002







He maintains our cars.

Dad and Elona

He helps us with our paperwork.




Jesse and Dad








When I was a teenager, he snuck me out of the hospital for a few hours. Dads are cool like that. (Gene said that when he was a kid, his dad would sign him out of class for weeks at a time, to go on business trips with him.)







Sometimes Dad puts his right hand on our head and blesses us - telling us we are valuable and picturing a special future for us.











He does this when Mom is stressed.