A day's worth: Latest letter to a child of a friend

Tuesday 3/17/26

Hello, (),

It is your friend Colin in Boston again. Just writing a quick note to say that each day when I get up I hope that you have a good day.

People often think that a day is just a day, but I look at a day as something that makes you that much closer to where you want to be when you are trying hard.

A day’s worth closer. And that’s not a small deal.

I was already proud of you for the progress you’ve made (after all, part of being a friend is being proud of our friends when they try hard and do hard things) and then your dad was telling me about how you’ve kept up with your school work and I was proud of you some more.

That is awesome. Keep it up. Keep it all up.

When I don’t feel like doing something I should do, because that thing is hard or I have this awful feeling like it won’t matter, I’ll think about you and then I do it. So thank you for that.

Colin