May 16, 2016
Why you gotta be so cool? Whatever you do, everyone follows. You are the cool big brother that everyone wants to be. You're a leader in so many ways. You picked up the guitar to learn and then so did everyone else. When you get up to dance, we all follow. When you worked hard at school and studied your butt off this year for 12th, all the little ones followed suit. I've loved you since you were little. I used to watch you in satsung getting soooo into it, clapping and yelling and singing with all your heart and soul. It was contagious.
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May 11, 2016
DearJ,
Your sweetness is too much for me to handle. Every time I see you I just want to run up and give you a squeeze. I remember when you came and you didn't have any clothes so I took you out shopping and we got an Angry Bird t-shirt and a toy truck and you were so happy. You wore that t-shirt and your little red cap pretty much every day from that day forward and I feel like you have been happy since that day forward too, so so happy. You hardly cry or get upset. I remember you didn't know how to kiss and whenever you kissed my cheek you would just keep your mouth open and touch it with your lips.
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April 26, 2016
Dear S,
Try as I might I can't imagine our family without you and your mom and dad and brothers. Kopila wouldn't be what it is without you. You moved all the way from India and we rolled up our sleeves and built this home together. You were there from day 1 and in so many ways were the first little Kopila. I've never met a more beautiful loving family. Remember when I didn't even speak Nepali? And you guys spoke a mix of Hindi and Kalikote? Remember when we rented two rooms of that little house and there was nothing but holes in the ground we were digging for the foundation?
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April 24, 2016
Dear K,
I love you sweet pea. I love everything about you. I strive to be a little more like you each day. You have so much love and light and strength and patience and integrity in you. You're a hard worker. You always bring home the best grades and you always go the extra mile for yourself and for everyone around you. One of the greatest blessings in my life was knowing your mother.
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April 24, 2016
Dear S,
When you came to Kopila it took about 6 months before you uttered your first words. I knew you could hear what we were saying but I wasn't sure you could speak. The first time you spoke, you said an entire sentence and it came completely out of the blue. Sarah was there and we both looked at each other and cried. You were always really painfully shy, but little by little and in your own time, you came out of your shell. You have found your place in our family so beautifully.
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