The Budget of Paradox

Sophia,

Your Nana Lee has a neighbor on Kauai named Michael Ceurvorst. I was searching the Internet and found this story. Nana Lee didn’t write the story; one of her friends wrote it. It’s about Michael’s birthday party several years ago. But Nana Lee was there (so was her husband Joe and her business partner Neil). Nana Lee even read poetry at the party.

But the big focus of the party was Michael’s daughter Lucille, who had flown to Kauai from very far away to attend. It was agreed that Lucille’s visit was the best present he could get on his birthday.

I don’t know if we should call it irony or a total lack of empathy. But there’s a latent dark streak in that story. No one seems to care that you and your father can’t be together on holidays and celebrations. I guess you and I aren’t part of the “chosen people”, blessed by Nana Lee.

It’s too bad. It really is. I think you deserve a father in your life.

I hope you had a nice birthday yesterday.
Love, Dad

lee morey, lucille teckla ceurvorst, michael ceurvorst, kauai, lucille teckla ceurvorst wolff, joe sylvester