3. From Dad

Hi Bruisie,

Tomorrow is your big birthday!

You mom and grandmother have put a lot of time and energy into putting together a party for you.

Frankly, I do not know why.

I mean hey, I love you and all, but you could have been raised by wolves for the first four years of your life and you would never remember a bit of it.

But women, as a species, are strange this way.

They have no sense of what is practical and their version of reality is, shall we say, a bit “different” than what you and I might perceive.

This is not to say that men, by virtue of their grasp of reality, practicality, and logic are therefore superior.

Well, yes it is, but ignore that for a moment.

For, were it without women, the world would be a very bland and harsh place. Women have a knack for finding and creating beauty.

Many, but definitely not most, are quite beautiful in their own right.

Women have the ability to create a sense of warmth, of belonging.

Women, largely, are singularly responsible for making a house feel like a home.

Ahh, but the frustrations they cause!

 “Blessed are ye, who have no sisters. For ye shall inherit peace.”

Jesus.

Well, I think Jesus said something like that, I don’t really know.

Anyway, there is lots that could be said about women.

Many lessons to be learned.

Love ya, you little brat –

Dad.

Michael