Adrian Hadley wrote home often.

Even in an age where communication was instant, he still sent letters — to Aunt Scarlett, to Grandma Summers, to his sisters. Every now and then he'd include a box of Aldermere cigars for Uncle Jeremy, though he never sent those directly. They always came through Scarlett.

Whenever one of Ade's packages arrived, the whole family gathered around it like it was Christmas morning.

Ginny always got a photo. She treated each one like ...