DEAR SOPHIA,

I KNOW HOW YOU LOVE THESE POTATO CHIPS. WHEN YOU WERE LEARNING TO TALK AND READ YOU MADE TWO VERY BEAUTIFUL ERRORS IN SPEAKING. THE SECOND ONE YOU MADE, YOU WOULD CALL LAYS POTATO CHIPS, LAFS. YOU MISUNDERSTOOD THE “Y” TO BE AN “F” WHICH IS REALLY FUNNY BECAUSE IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE THE “Y” OFTEN TIMES LOOKS LIKE AN “F.”

BUT THE MOST ENDEARING AND LOVABLE ERROR YOU WOULD MAKE IS WHEN YOU WOULD MISPRONOUNCE YOUR OWN NAME. FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, YOU WOULDN’T PRONOUNCE THE “S” AND YOU WOULD SAY YOUR NAME WAS “OPHIA.” I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO ADORABLE AND I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN IT.

SO WHEN I SEE YOU SOON, I AM GOING TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR NAME IS SOPHIA, NOT OPHIA. AND THAT IS SAID WITH LOVE.

I’LL HAVE MORE TO TALK ABOUT TOMORROW.

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LOVE,

DAD