Letter seven 17-11-2025

A Letter to My Father

As I was about to begin this letter I noticed that I had not capitalized a word in the title. I keep all these letters on my MacBook in a binder and use a simple naming convention along with the date that I change once I post. One word was not capitalized and that stopped me from beginning until I fixed it.

Is that a quirk I get from you or from my mom? Or am I just weird?

Funny as that is, I will likely be thinking about it for the next few days. I still think about that weekend in Palm Springs. You dragged us to a timeshare sales weekend and we were forced to sit in a room and listen to a sale pitch from some dude in a cheap suit. I was completely tuned out and, apparently, so were you. Sales Dude interrupted himself to make an observation about us.

Do you know you both tilt your heads exactly the same at the same time?

As soon as he said it I think we both knew exactly what he meant. We were busted. I still do it whenever I lose interest in a thing, or just zone out. My head tilts…