"More than a stunning debut. It is the announcement of a bold new literary voice"
—Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower

How’s it going? That’s a stupid question. You can’t answer me. Come to think of it, you can’t actually respond to this letter at all. That’s a little eerie, but I still wanted to give you my thoughts I’ve had held for you for years.
I’ll let you in on how life is going with your family. Brittany got married to my dad on December 14, 2019. And she now shares a birthday with her newest baby boy, Howard Craig Dickten. Allyse had another baby girl, Kya. She was born in late July. I’m sorry I don’t know the exact date. Morgan got married to Kyle on June 19th, 2019. It was a beautiful wedding that held a spot for you, as well as a toast. Zane cried hard for you and was comforted by my dad, who has regrets concerning you; wishing he’d said more to you. As for me, I’m in high school now- a sophomore.

I haven’t seen you in 2 years.

I wish that you and I had the opportunity to get closer. There was so much I wanted to learn from you. I wanted you to teach me to play guitar, to drive the gator, to speak other languages that you learned from your work, and more. I have a great relationship with Lori, which I think is what you would want. It’s the best I can do. Her and I bond with baking, reading books, and just about everything in between. She is good with conversations, and tells me that you were the same. That you could find any random stranger and know their life story after 10 minutes. I’ve always admired such a trait.
You’re passing hit all of us really hard, but Jaxon took it the worst. He’s okay now. All the kids wear your shirts sometimes, and Jaxon has a dog tag necklace that is somehow related to you. I think it may have your fingerprint on it.
I do find comfort in knowing that I’ll see you again someday in Heaven. Vice versa, you will see everyone here again. Baby Howard and Kya will be so excited to finally meet you. One day, everything will be perfect again. But we’ll have to wait.