Letter 9
2nd October 2012
Dear D,
It is a long time since I wrote to you. My last letter was two years ago, although I thought I had written since. It is not that I do not think of you, as I do, every day, usually to say a prayer that you are getting on OK. Occasionally I pray that you will decide you want to get in touch, but I know really that it is so unlikely. You seem to have made your mind up and nobody is going to convince you to change your mind. I certainly don’t want to disturb the balance of your life. I imagine you are stable at present and are doing well at school. Your school report is a credit to you.
I actually saw you a couple of weeks ago. I had parked my car across and up the road from you, as I was paying a visit to the next door neighbour. The gages were ripe and she doesn’t like them falling on her lawn, so I agreed to pick some of them, as I have done every year since I moved out, and in fact I did even when I lived there. As I was walking down the road on your side just before the house, I saw you standing outside the front door, with the door open, you were passing something in to a removals van, parked in front of the house. Luckily you did not see me, as I walked quickly into to the front door with the bay window hiding you from view. It was the first time I saw you for over three years and seven months. You had your hair tied back in a ponytail, you were taller than I remember and looked very attractive, maybe pretty is a better word. I suppose you would cringe if you read this now, but maybe not so much if you read it when older. But I only had a glimpse for maybe 10 seconds. I suppose you were busy packing up your belongings to move to wherever you are moving to. I have no idea where you are moving to, but wherever it is, I hope you will be happy there.
I wonder how you feel about moving house. Have you got a nice bedroom? How is your trip to school? Have you any friends there? Too many questions, I think. But it is strange writing to you when I know you are not going to read the letter. It does help me to feel a little closer to you though! I plan to write a letter to you every two weeks for six or eight weeks, just to keep you up to date with my life & thoughts at present. I started a website for you a little while ago and recently uploaded a number of letters I had written too you mostly in 2009 that gave me the idea to write to you again, maybe to be uploaded next year or something. I have so many things to tell you, how I have been since we parted, how my job has gone and what I have done with my life. But that is not for today, I will start to tell you bit by bit starting next letter in two weeks.
All my love for now,
dad xxx @ work