ANYWAY...
She'll probably be a lot more careful in the future, and I will most definitely get scolded thoroughly for my hacking. So I'm using this, my likely singular chance to write here, to give you the only really important advice you need in life. Seriously.
Not long from today you'll start rolling your eyes at my goofy pronouncements, embarrassing one-liners, misplaced metaphors, and old-fashioned opinions (just watch how your mom does it, because apparently it's both easy and addictive). That's why I'd like you to pay attention now, while you are very young and impressionable, because this advice matters.
I have to confess that I'm really just paraphrasing a lifetime of things I learned from Noni and Grandpa, your Uncle Bubba, my own grandparents, Father Turi, a couple of really good friends, a few great books, and of course your mother. OK, Star Wars and The Princess Bride too. And exactly for that reason -- yes, I'll say it again -- you have to pay attention. Those all are much more reliable, thoughtful, and interesting than I.
In summary, my sons, this is quality counsel, derived from superior sources than the one most readily available to you (um, me). Read it, think about it, internalize it, and above all I say follow it! You won't be sorry:
Live big, be brave, and love everyone.
See. I told you. That's guidance that will never fail you. It's going to lead you in different directions at different points in your life, but if you keep it in mind you'll always have the best parts of yourself in the driver's seat.
I love you both, thiiiiiiiis much.
-- Daddy
Since that was excellent advice, I suppose I will ignore the hacking :)
ReplyDeleteWell said indeed Jon! Boys, I'm confident that you will be able to handle the first two pieces of advice your Daddy provided. The third may pose a bigger challenge from time to time. Sometimes you have to love people enough to fire them, as is presently the case with the overwhelming majority of morons in the United States Congress.
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