In response to a school assignment to write about his favorite place, Evan wrote:

Evan 11/28/94

My favorite place is with my Grandma and Grandpa, and Mom and Dad. I like it because Grandpa goes hunting and brings back deer meat.

The sound of my Grandpa’s house is logs crackling in the fire. The smell in my Grandpa’s house smells like Japanese cooking. It smells like Japanese cooking because my Grandma is 100 percent Japanese. Her cooking tastes fabulous!!! When I am with my Grandma and Grandpa, and Mom and Dad my heart is happy.