Love, Rosie (79 page)

Yes
it
is.
Alex
is
devastated.

No
I
didn’t
mean
that.
The
irony
of
it
all
makes
me
sad,
I
can’t
even

imagine
how
you
must
feel.

What
irony?

Oh
you
know
.
.
.
you
wait
and
wait
for
years
for
him
until
you

finally
give
up
and
move
on
with
your
life.
You
eventually
decide
to

marry
Greg
and
weeks
later,
Alex
splits
up
with
Sally.
You
know,

you
two
have
the
worst
timing
ever
.
.
.
When
will
you
ever
learn
to

catch
up
with
each
other?

chapter
18

k

YOU
ARE
1
TODAY!

MAY
YOUR
SPECIAL
DAY
BE
LOTS
OF
FUN,

IT’S
NOT
EVERY
DAY
A
BOY
IS
ONE!

WE
LOVE
OUR
LITTLE
SPECIAL
BOY,

BECAUSE
YOU
BRING
US
SO
MUCH
JOY!

TO
JOSH
(AND
YOUR
DADDY),

WE
LOVE
YOU
BOTH
AND
HOPE
YOU
HAVE
A
VERY
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY

AND
THANKSGIVING
TOGETHER.

LOTS
OF
LOVE,

ROSIE
AND
KATIE

Dear
Rosie
and
Katie,

Thank
you
for
the
teddy
you
sent
me
for
my
birthday,
I
call
him
“Bear.”

Daddy
made
the
name
up
all
by
himself,
he
is
very
clever.
I
love
to
chew
on

his
ear
and
drool
all
over
him
so
that
when
Daddy
hugs
him,
it
leaves
my

slobber
all
over
his
face.
I
also
like
to
throw
Bear
out
of
my
cot
in
the
middle

of
the
night
and
then
scream
at
Daddy
until
he
picks
it
up
for
me.
I
just
do
it

for
the
laugh,
Daddy
doesn’t
need
to
sleep.
He’s
only
here
to
feed
me
and

clean
my
diapers.

Anyway
I
better
go
now,
I
have
a
very
busy
schedule,
I’m
being
fed
at

nine
o’clock,
followed
by
a
burping,
and
then
I’m
going
to
try
to
take
a
few

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Cecelia
Ahern

steps
across
the
living
room.
I
no
I
can
do
it
.
.
.
one
of
these
days
I
won’t

land
on
my
bum
.
.
.

Thanks
for
Bear,

Love
you
and
miss
you
both,

Josh
(and
Daddy)

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Rosie

Alex

Happy
30th!

I
can’t
believe
you’re
not
having
a
thirtieth
birthday
party!
Or
are
you

having
one
and
you’re
just
not
inviting
me?
I
know
you’ve
been
inclined
to

do
things
like
that
in
the
past.
Jesus,
imagine
that
was
a
whole
twenty
years

ago.
I
never
thought
we
would
reach
the
time
when
we
could
remember
any-

thing
happening
that
long
ago.
Anyway
happy
birthday,
have
a
slice
of
cake

on
me.

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