#dearest dad

[A package arrives!! Inside is a winter coat, hand dyed and embroidered to look like Corriander, your Ferrothorn! Included is a short note.]

To my favorite child, I hop that this Package catches you before you leave on your adventure, hah, I think I've timed it right!! I'm not sure exactly what the weather is like at Blueberry Academy but I hope that this can make your time there a little warmer and more comfortable. I love you dearly and I hope that you have the absolute best time. -Bellamy

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[picture: ren is currently cozy on the couch and has the coat on. kevin looks like he's just enamored poking the fluff of the hood, and lydia's hawlucha seems to be playing with it too. ren's face is red from clearly crying, but their expression is joyful]

daaaaaad this is the sweetest! danged!! thing!!! ever!!!! ohmigosh i can't wait to wear this around the academy--the blueberry academy's terrarium apparently has some real cold places, and now i can go into 'em without any sorta worry!!!

Little Kayla: "Mala... How do you say that?"

Kai: "See why I prefer Kai?"

- Kai and Kayla, February 2018

Happy Fathers Day and Happy 60th Birthday to my amazing dad.

Thank you for waking up early and watching Saturday morning cartoons with me every weekend.

Thank you for telling me my whole life that if things didn't work out, I could always become a Ninja Turtle.

Thank you for always telling me it was good to be weird, because that would help the starship find me and take me back home someday.

Thank you for buying me Hot Wheels, GI Joes, and Ewok fortress playsets.

Thank you for wearing the costumes I made for you, even when everyone else told you you were nuts. Thank you for telling me that being ridiculous is part of being alive.