October 6th 2012
" The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things..."
That, my child,
is a quote from one of my favorite books, Alice in Wonderland. Technically,
it is from Through the Looking Glass, the second part to Allison
Wonderland. I was at work today, making coffee, when I realized that I
saved books from my childhood, and now I have someone to share them with,
you! In a few years I get to read you Where the Wild Things Are, Owl
Moon, and the first book I ever read on my own, Drummer Hoff Fired it Off.
It is a poem, of course. I have loved poetry for as long as I can
remember, and I truly hope you will have a passion for it. Edgar Allen
Poe and Lewis Carroll are my favorites. Robert Frost, W.B. Yeats, Sir
Walter Scott, Lord Alfred Tennyson, each have their own innate sense of
Le Mot Juste, or just the right words. Even Rudyard Kipling was a great
poet. he wrote quite a bit about jungles and adventurous animals, and since mommy is making your nursery African themed, I'm going to tell you
all about Kaa, and Mowgli, and how the elephant got his trunk, and how the
tiger got her stripes. I am very excited about our times together! I
suppose I'll have to share you with mommy, but we can tell her some of
the stories too! She likes my stories. I've started writing one for you,
a very special story that I'm going to give you in about two years. A
story with felt animals you can touch, and the book will be made of
material you can chew on. I'm looking forward to that my little one. All
you have to do is stay strong and keep growing. With each faint flicker
of your tiny heart, grow! life is waiting for you! Your mother and I
are here, ready for your life to begin.
I love you, my precious child
Daddy
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