For Zachary James Pratt

Hi Zach, I have been hearing on the news about all the tornadoes back your way. Luckily most of them have steered clear of Texas. Bet you have already had some 'Duck-for-Cover' drills at school. I know when I lived in Illinois we had them quite a lot and once we even had the real thing. I looked out the window through a classroom while all of us 2nd-graders were taking cover in the inside hall and saw a huge one pass by in the distance. It gave me chills and looked just like the one in the Wizard of Oz. They really are scary. When I travel to Minnesota on business they keep a weather radio tuned in all the time in case a warning gets announced. I hope you have something like that at home and at school. I worry about it a lot each time I hear the weather reports for your part of the country. Work is almost over and I am going over to Jeff's for dinner. He is cooking steak while we watch the Royal Wedding that he taped for me last night. I remember when Princess Diana got ma...

Hey Zach, feeling a little sad these days as it has been over 4 years now that we have been apart. Not a whole lot to share this time so I thought I would change things up a bit by trying to engage in some kind of conversation. I try to be optomistic and think that one day someone or something will prompt you to get in touch with the other part of your family but it gets harder each passing day. Until then I thought I should jot down questions that run through my mind inbetween the minute by minute thoughts of you and how you are doing back there in the lone star state. I wonder if you ever think about coming back to California for a visit to see all those you left behind? I wonder if you ever think about your nana and grandad, how they are getting on in age and more importantly how broken their hearts are at the thought of never getting to hug their grandson again in this life? I wonder if you ever think of your dear brother whom I know was the source of much anguish for you in the pa...