Where were you when Jeff Hiller won his first Emmy?

Or when Taylor got engaged to Travis? Tell me, why hasn’t Ralph Fiennes

won an Oscar? Why did Adam Lambert lose to Kris Allen?

Yes, there are things that may not make sense, there are things

that may not seem fair. Why did some of the vaccinated

sicken, some of the anti-vaxxers not? It isn’t right that you lost

your husband, Job. Or your ten-year-old twin girls.

Or your Ramsey-earned investments. Or your health to Long COVID.

There is no answer I can give you. This isn’t Family Feud.

I am no Steve Harvey; I am just God. Even so, I can stay with you.

Like a viral video, I can linger. But if you want to ghost me,

feel free to. If you want to block me, go ahead. Give yourself

permission. Do not apologize. As Demi says, “Sorry Not Sorry.”

Grieve how you want to. Though you’ll have another family,

it won’t replace the one you lost. It won’t undo your parents’

rejection. However loving, a chosen family isn’t quite the same.

Remember Carl Winslow? Remember Philip Banks? Each a father

that yours wasn’t. Each a father you wish you had. Each a father that was there

for you. Unlike Blockbuster and Redbox, I, too, am here. And I’m watching

you rebuild. Even though you can’t rewind, you can make another life worth watching

to the credits. And I love you.

I love you. I love you. I love you.

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Jonathan Fletcher called us from San Antonio, TX.

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