onesedassumethataboysehestrangenessoftheworldlessthanadultsdo.infact,ithinkthatwegrown-upssometimesseelessoftheworldbecausewehaveaccepteditjustalittlebittoomuch,henceceasingtoseehinalitbe.whehis,yourdadisohebravestpersoni’veevermet.hechallengesmany,butalsoallowshisbelievestobeged,andfightforrovedmhtintheend.itisavirtuethatyouwilllearntovalueasyougetolder.forthis,iforeverlovehimasmyhusband,asyourfather,andasmybestfriend.
asyougrowup,myson,thingsgetalittle…fusing.iwishthesewon’thappentoyouoften,butsometimesyouwilllosethingsthatmakeyoufeelsafe,andpeoplewillleaveyouortreatyoubadlyfornoapparentreasonsatall.iwantyoutoremember,harry,thatthisisnotyourfault.momspentmostofmyteenyearsinaschoolthatyouwillprobablyjoininoneday,andi’veseen,eveninasupposedlyhomelyenviro,eventsthatwereunpleasantandhappenedfoodcause.bothyourdadandihavebeenresponsibleforsomehurts…butthatisthething,myson.sometimesitisotherpeople’sdoing,sometimesyouhaveapartinitaswellitrustyouto
yrandmotheroesomethingonthebackofabookformeaswell.shesaidthatamothershouldhaveexpectationsforthechildren,otherwiseshewillnotbeagoodparent.shecouldbestrietimes.iwishthatyouhadaeether,butasitis,imissherstriessverymuch.youaretoolittleandteousformetoputdownanyexpectationnow.ifeelthatitisasintohopethatishouldmouldyouintosomethingparticur,especiallywhenilookatyourcuriouseyes.soithink,i’drathersharewithyouafewthingstoexpedlookforiure,nowthatyouaresevenandhavealreadysteppedintothefirstworldofyours—aschool.andasisaid,youdefinitelyhavethelookofanexplorer.