The Budget of Paradox

Sophia,
Did you know that the last place I saw your mom — before she filed for divorce — was in Morocco? You were very young, only three years old. But your mom flew to meet me in Paris. We were there for a week then flew to Morocco together for another week. We had a great time. At least, I remember it as a great time. That was the last time we would be husband and wife together.

We even had dinner at Rick’s Café in Casablanca. It’s the setting of an old film called Casablanca. There was an excellent film in 2006 called Babel. Part of it was set in the mountains of Morocco where your mother and I did some hiking. The movie featured a married American couple vacationing in Morocco, but they’re on the brink of divorce. Funny how life imitates art. Here is a scene from the movie.

I took a lot of photos on that trip. If you want to see them, I’m happy to share.

Morocco is a beautiful country. Its name is derived from the old Berber language. It means “Land of God”. I always liked that.

Morocco is in north Africa. I’ve been to other parts of north Africa before. I’m probably going back to north Africa next month. Parts of it are nice; some parts are terrible, of course.

I’d love to meet you there someday. We can eat figs and baba ghanoush.

Thinking about you today,
Yours most sincerely,
Dad
p.s. go watch the movie Babel