The Truth Revealed At Last!

Writing a family history is a daunting task. As you know I'm not writing your typically family history with stories of ancestors from the past. I'm doing my immediate family (parents, sibliings) and our stories of growing up. I thought I was crazy (well actually Brett thought I was crazy) for keeping all of my letters and most of my cards that people have sent me over the years until I took upon myself the task of writing our history. I was reading over some of the letters and found some great gems in them to include in the book. Then I struck gold!

But let me back up for a moment. As I was growing up I was very secure in my father's love for me. A little TOO secure. I thought he loved me THE MOST. Even more than he loved my mom. I was shocked when I discovered that he loved mom MORE than me. How was that possible???? My sisters thought that was really funny. I didn't. I really couldn't believe it. They made a joke of it saying that dad loved me more than life itself. My sister Sheri was life and my sister April was itself.

As I was going through my letters, however, I found the real truth in my dad's own handwriting:



If it is difficult for you to read my dad's writing the critical part of this excerpt reads: "Since mom will never read this I really do love you most"

I love being loved the most! :)