I got the following email from my nine-year-old son today:
DAD DAD!
Next time we play Minecraft let’s finish our enchantment room. How? I have 3 eye of ender! (They lead you to a stronghold.)
Remember how in the stronghold is a big library? Let’s harvest the books! Then come back and finish off our enchantment room! You really only need 1 eye of ender but I’ll still bring the 3 in case we lose one. Isn’t that smart?
You toss the eye of ender, I’ll leave a torch trail! (The eye of ender falls back down to you.) That’s all!
–Aaron
I can hear him urgently calling, “Dad Dad,” to get my attention like he just came up with this amazing idea that just can’t wait!
I can’t tell you how happy that message makes me, and what a perfect memento that is of this stage in our lives. I’m so grateful that the kids still want to spend time with their parents, and that Aaron’s scheming up adventures for us to have together.
And how amazing is Minecraft, that over a year since we first got it, Aaron still wants to trek through it on a new expedition with his dad?
Thanks, Notch, Jens, and everyone else at Mojang. You made for another very precious moment for me.
Who We Were Then
- David
- Lillian
- Maddie (11 years old)
- Aaron (9 years old)