Dear Baby Batts #2,
Great papa in Arizona passed today. I called him yesterday
and told him all about you – how you like to wiggle, how we have your
ultrasound next week, how special you are to us. And I told great papa that we
are proud of him, proud to be his grandchildren.
Daddy and I are tossing around the idea of, if you’re a boy,
giving you a middle name “Jack” after him.
Great papa’s name was John, but Great Grandma Viola always called him
Jack.
He served in WWII, driving an ambulance on the warzone.
After he left the military, he went into printing and worked at several
newspapers setting type. After he and great grandma retired, they moved to
Arizona. There, he liked to load bullets in his garage, collect coins, go to
the river and play slot machines, and take naps in his easy chair.
Oh baby, what a special man he was. We’ll tell you all about
him as you grow up.
Love,
Mama
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