Apollo and Artemis are twin Olympian deities in Greek mythology, born to Zeus and Leto on the floating island of Delos. Artemis, the elder twin, is the goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and moon, while Apollo is the god of the sun, music, prophecy, and healing. They represent opposite yet complementary sides of nature and consciousness. 

SO SOPHIA, ARTEMIS IS IN THE NEWS TODAY AS WAS APOLLO FOR ME AT YOUR AGE. HOW FITTING THAT NASA NAMED THE EXTENSION OF THE APOLLO PROJECT ARTEMIS WHICH IS APOLLO’S TWIN. OUR HERITAGE (OF WHICH YOU SHOULD BE IMMENSELY PROUD) PERMEATES ALL OF WESTERN CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION FROM THOUGHT TO SCIENCE TO ADVENTURE.

INTERESTINGLY, EVEN IN THE NEWS WITH THE CONFLICT WITH IRAN, A STAFF MEMBER WHO IS VERY SYMPATHETIC TO ME CAME UP TO ME AS I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS AND JOKINGLY BLAMED ME/GREEKS FOR THE CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN AND THE US. I TOOK THE JOKE AND THEN WE SAT DOWN FOR 15 MINUTES AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM HOW TECHNICALLY HE WAS CORRECT, BECAUSE IT WAS THE GREEKS THAT EVENTUALLY CONQUERED PERSIA (ALEXANDER THE GREAT/DARIUS III) WHICH CHANGED THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND EVERY ENSUING EVENT AFTERWARDS HAS LED UP TO TODAY. AFTER EXPLAINING TO HIM THE ENTIRE HISTORY, WE BOTH HAD A GOOD LAUGH. AND HE SAID TRULY YOU ARE CORRECT, AND SO WAS I THAT IT WAS THE GREEKS’ FAULT!

NEXT WEEK IS HOLY WEEK. STAY TRUE TO TRADITIONS AND YOUR GODMOTHER OWES YOU A RESURRECTION CANDLE. SHE KNOWS THIS AND YOU SHOULD REACH OUT TO HER.

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LOVE,

DAD