I know I cannot ever make up for two decades of my non-presence in your life, and Kirsten’s. However, once you, Lea, and Andy have gone through your weddings, I hope that I may come and speak with you, and come to know you at least a little. I spoke with your mother about this. She grants that it would be a good thing, even now.
You are probably very angry with me, and with good reason. I have spent much of my adult life lost in wrath. It is self-serving, then, to say this, but trust me: do not waste your love on anger. Our Savior teaches us to love our neighbor as ourself, to turn the other cheek. I thought that I understood these precepts; I am discovering only now how very difficult but how very important they are.
In any case, I wish you nothing but joy on your wedding day, and hope
