Post by Mumble on Nov 20, 2017 15:03:51 GMT -5
(Left on Mordred & Aiden Mumble 's front doorstep - at the bottom of the basket are three packets of freeze dried fish sticks with the word "fish" scratched out and "Friendship" drawn in with sharpie)
Attached is this card.
My precious daughter -
Before you were even born, people tried to warn me that being a parent was the hardest thing I would ever do. The first time I held you in my arms, I understood what they meant, because I knew at that moment that there was nothing in this world I would not do for you, no lengths I would not go to in order to give you the life you deserved. I was terrified, because I knew right then that there was no way I would ever be capable of accomplishing the things I imagined I would need to do to be the parent I wanted to be for you.
As you got older, and I started to see so much of your mother and myself in you, I knew that no matter what I did, your life was never going to be easy. We loved you (and still do) more than I ever imagined it was possible to love someone, but life has never taken us down the easy routes to anything, and I think that you, despite all our best intentions, may have inherited some of that. I know we weren't the smartest parents, and Guin knows I've never had the best memory (I am very sorry for that time at the mall, I truly thought your mother had taken you with her to Nordstrom). I know that I'm not the coolest, I know my ideas about dance and its uses are a little out there sometimes, but I promise you, underneath all of that, beyond it, beyond anything else, I love you. I love you with my whole heart, with everything I am, and I want the very best of everything in the world for you.
I am sorry we didn't tell you about the baby sooner. These past few months have been incredibly busy for us, and your mother has been struggling with her voice and all of that has taken up a lot of our attention. It's no excuse, but I do want you to know that we didn't keep this from you on purpose, and by the time you came home this past weekend, I really thought we had already told you. I don't have the words to tell you how deeply sorry I am to have hurt you like that. I wish there were some way I could make it up to you, but I'm hoping that this little basket will at least make you smile for a minute or two.
You are the light of my life, Aiden, please don't ever forget that.
All my love,
Your Dad
Attached is this card.
My precious daughter -
Before you were even born, people tried to warn me that being a parent was the hardest thing I would ever do. The first time I held you in my arms, I understood what they meant, because I knew at that moment that there was nothing in this world I would not do for you, no lengths I would not go to in order to give you the life you deserved. I was terrified, because I knew right then that there was no way I would ever be capable of accomplishing the things I imagined I would need to do to be the parent I wanted to be for you.
As you got older, and I started to see so much of your mother and myself in you, I knew that no matter what I did, your life was never going to be easy. We loved you (and still do) more than I ever imagined it was possible to love someone, but life has never taken us down the easy routes to anything, and I think that you, despite all our best intentions, may have inherited some of that. I know we weren't the smartest parents, and Guin knows I've never had the best memory (I am very sorry for that time at the mall, I truly thought your mother had taken you with her to Nordstrom). I know that I'm not the coolest, I know my ideas about dance and its uses are a little out there sometimes, but I promise you, underneath all of that, beyond it, beyond anything else, I love you. I love you with my whole heart, with everything I am, and I want the very best of everything in the world for you.
I am sorry we didn't tell you about the baby sooner. These past few months have been incredibly busy for us, and your mother has been struggling with her voice and all of that has taken up a lot of our attention. It's no excuse, but I do want you to know that we didn't keep this from you on purpose, and by the time you came home this past weekend, I really thought we had already told you. I don't have the words to tell you how deeply sorry I am to have hurt you like that. I wish there were some way I could make it up to you, but I'm hoping that this little basket will at least make you smile for a minute or two.
You are the light of my life, Aiden, please don't ever forget that.
All my love,
Your Dad
