DEAR SOPHIA,

THE REMINDER…IS REALLY JUST A HUMOROUS NOTE TO REMIND YOU OF THE MINIONS PILLOW IN THE CAR THAT YOU ALWAYS LOVED. ONE WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU AGAIN WHEN I PICK YOU UP.

I AM REMINDED OF MINIONS BECAUSE I AM SUDDENLY SEEING MORE COMMERCIALS ON TV WITH ANOTHER MINIONS MOVIE AND I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ENJOY HAVING MINIONS (A HUGE MICKEY SEAT BELTED NEXT TO YOU!) IN THE CAR.

INFORMATION FOR YOU. I GOT A GOOD INDICATION THIS WEEK THAT THE SUPREME COURT IS LIKELY GOING TO REVIEW THIS CASE. THAT BODES WELL. THERE IS AN OLD SAYING – YOU’VE EATEN THE WHALE, NOW ALL YOU HAVE LEFT IS THE TAIL. THAT IS WHAT THIS FEELS LIKE. THE ONLY QUESTION IS HOW LONG IS THE TAIL? I DON’T THINK IT’S THAT LONG.

REGARDLESS, NO MATTER WHAT THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT DOES, ALL I HAVE LEFT IS A TAIL.

I IMAGINE BY NOW YOU ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 5’6″ TALL THAT MAKES YOU AT LEAST FOUR INCHES TALLER THAN YOUR MOTHER AND JUST FIVE INCHES SHORTER THAN ME. I AM BETTING THAT YOU WILL BE AS TALL AS ME BY THE TIME YOU ARE 16 YEARS-OLD. I CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW BEAUTIFUL AND RADIANT YOU ARE.

WITH ALL THE GRACE YOU POSSESS, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER THAT YOU ALSO POSSESS A BYZANTINE ARISTOCRATIC ORIGIN.BE VERY PROUD OF THAT!

I’LL BE SEEING YOU – THAT’S A PROMISE. 143

LOVE,

DAD