Hey, hey, Kid!
Hey there, Folks!
I hope that this entry finds you just as well as possible.
I have been just fine, and I couldn't ask for more.
My life has been filled with Lego as of late, lmao.
I don't recall if I mentioned this, but I had quite the collection of Lego as a child, you know?
I loved those little blocks beyond reason, and I was forced to share them with my spoiled little brother.
That sucks.
It sucked because he had anything and everything that he could have wanted, and yet he wanted what I had...
I refused to share what I had saved my own money for.
I refused to bend to the notion that he could have his things and mine as well.
I gave him all of them.
Every single brick.
Now I can buy these things again and tend to that wounded, sad inner child of mine. I will make sure that he is happy and healthy, and this time, nothing and no one can and will force me to give them away.
Go find your happiness, Kid.
You as well, Folks.
This life we live is much shorter than you would imagine...
Believe me.
Yesterday I was just turning 17, and now I am two months into 37!
Time.
It is all we have, and all we need.
I will see you all back here soon, yeah?
Go see what young me was up to, lol.
See you soon, Kid.
You as well, Folks.
Enjoy.
(Climbs into the driver's seat of my totally not fictional time machine and sets the years to 2022... What a year that was!)
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April 25th, 2022.
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Dear You.
It has been a day, Kid.
Not a bad one, per se, but a day.
One that I am obviously alive to write about, yeah?
How are YOU doing?
What is the world like in? 2031? 2033?
I am guessing, of course, lol.
Am I on?
Off?
If I am on, you now owe me $50.00, lbvs.
If I am off, come get this $50.00, lbvs.
What kind of books do you like?
Anything I would know?
Comics?
What sort of music does it for you?
Anything I would like?
Let me look at you,
Your colors.
Your soul.
That little light.
I love you, Kid.
Even now, and you are yet to arrive...
I know you are out there waiting for your body to be set for production, lmao.
I miss you.
Is that weird?
One question that always comes to mind.
Over and over.
Who is your mother?
I know.
I know.
I obviously know by now, but right NOW?
I have no idea.
In 2022, you are not here yet. At least not physically, you know?
What is your name?
Who named you?
Is COVID still a thing?
Are you dating?
You have to tell me even if you haven't told your mom.
Or come out?
Or whatever.
The question is in this book, so you have to answer it.
As a deal, I will leave you lines.
ANYTHING you want to know, I will answer.
Use the lines wisely.
Here is your first!
1: (A line is drawn here in the book.)
Don't waste this chance at this knowledge, Kid.
Knowledge is power.
I love you.
And THINK before you ask.
These lines will be rare.
-Dad.
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(Snaps back into 2026 with a sense of profound relief... There are people back in 2022 that I would rather not be around!)
Hmm.
- I can't say why I chose 2032/33 as a viable time, lmao.
That would have made you all of... 10/11 years old?
Foolish of me.
Wishful thinking, probably.
I don't know.
I ain't never been the best at math, but this seems like particularly bad math! Lol!
I am 100% sure that I owe you $50.00 at this point! Lol, it is already 2026, and I assume that you won't be around come 2032/33, let alone able to digest all of what I am saying and have been saying, you know?
- Mayhap you are just as eclectic as I am, lol. I like all types of music, and I even write lyrics of my own, you know?
Maybe you like the sort of fantasy fiction and science fiction as I did when I was a kid, or maybe you are a star all your own, blazing your own path and choices into the Universe.
I hope you have all of my best traits, you know?
I hope that you are better than I in every possible way.
- I wonder who your mother will be, if ever you are meant to join me here on Earth.
Hmm. A boy can dream, yeah? I am still looking for a lover, let alone someone who cares to have a child with me, lbvs.
Bah.
Mayhap it is I who is the problem, you know?
Mayhap I am just not lovable.
Mayhap I am not meant to find that sort of love.
No wife.
No child.
Maybe I was put here just to live and hurt and pour that experience into these stories and poems?
Hmm, and hmm again.
- If you are out there... If you were born somewhere without me knowing, I still owe you that answer to whatever question you should choose.
Anything.
You have my word.
I hope that you are...
Or I hope that I at least meet your mother sometime soon...
I am only getting older, you know?
I will be 38 this year.
And while that isn't exactly OLD, it is not exactly YOUNG either, lol.
We will see, won't we?
What will be, will be.
And if you aren't meant to be?
Well...
I suppose these stories will do some good for someone's heart out there.
That is all that matters.
I love you, Kid...
You as well, my kind and loyal Readers.
May the best of the best come your way, and may your year be filled with love and joy.
Hug those children for me, yeah?
Some of us aren't so blessed!
I will see you all back here soon, yeah?
I love and appreciate all that you do simply by reading along.
Safe travels out there, Kid.
You as well, Folks.
And as always:
Stay safe.
Stay healthy.
Stay vigilant.
-Bluu.