DEAR SOPHIA,

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BACK TO SCHOOL. AS YOU GET A LITTLE OLDER, YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE THESE OLDER MOVIES. RODNEY DANGERFIELD WAS A GOOD COMIC AND HIS MOVIE, “BACK TO SCHOOL,” IS A GOOD COMEDY. HIS FAMOUS LINE ALWAYS WAS, “I DON’T GET NO RESPECT.” I’M SURE WHEN YOU HAVE SOME TIME YOU WILL LOOK HIM UP ON YOUTUBE. IF YOU DON’T THINK HE’S FUNNY NOW, YOU WILL IN ABOUT 3-5 YEARS.

THERE’S NOTHING MORE FOR ME TO UPDATE YOU ON. WHEN I HAVE AN UPDATE, I WILL PUT IT HERE FOR SURE. ONLY THAT, RIGHT NOW, TIME IS STILL TICKING DOWN.

I WILL SEE YOU SOON AND YES, I AM AWARE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP. IT’S A SPECIAL ONE. IT WILL BE YOUR FIRST OF THE TEENAGE YEARS.

ONE LAST THING – I KNOW YOU ARE VERY CAUTIOUS OVERALL. I CAN’T BE MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT TO BE CAUTIOUS.

143,

LOVE,

DAD