Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Dear Ditto,

My second letter to you.  How are you doing?  Have you fully grasped how much we love you, yet?  Probably not.  You won't understand it until you get much older.  But, I know one thing is for sure, you will never be able to say I never told you.  WE LOVE YOU!  And take that love and times it by a million gazillion bonanifana dafillion times and you still won't get to the love that Jesus Christ has for us.  Oh, and I will keep telling you that, too.

Today, your mother and I watched our wedding video.  Wow!  She was so beautiful in her stunning wedding dress.  After you read this, go look at her...you will see what I am talking about.  Cause she is just as beautiful now.  She is a little koo-koo, but nevertheless, an incredible specimen that GOD made.  On this day that I am writing this, we got married almost five years ago.  By the time you read this, ain't no telling how long it will be.  But, I am positive she will be just as fine.  I feel like we kinda renewed our vows tonight.  Your  mother was a catch, if I don't say so myself.  I am not altogether sure why the hec she decided to set her eyes on me.  I bring her down.  She should be standing at the highest mountain and my crazy self brings her down to earth with the rest of the mortals to gaze at.  She stands in the light, while I bring a little darkness to the marriage.  Without me she would shine a whole lot brighter.  Alas, it was GOD's will that brought us together to teach us both a few things.  Maybe when it is all said and done, I would have been able to shine as much as she did. 

You, however, my wonderful, incredible seed...you, my friend, will shine brighter than the brightest stars.  Your gleam will make lighthouses jealous.  Your shine will give a full moon a race for it's money. I know this.  There is no doubt in my mind.   People will try to turn your light down.  Don't let them.  Let it shine, let it shine.  Anyhoo, what was I talking about before...oh yea, the wedding...remind me to let you see the dvd.  Our wedding was the bomb.  And lucky for you that it was, cause it led to you and Genesis.  If we didn't have a good wedding, then you might not even have been here.  HAHAHA.  Just joking.  You were coming no matter what.  It was all in GOD's plan.  And speaking of plan, HE has one for you.  Don't ever get your mind to thinking that HE doesn't.  Don't let the devil convince you that you are worth nothing.   GOD made you different so that you can make a difference.  Study the Bible.  Go to church.  Find out what it is that HE wants you to do for your life.  Cause there is a plan.  You were created for a mission.  The trick is to find out what that mission is. 

It took me until recently to find out mine.  I mean, I thought I knew it, but it was confirmed to me just this year.  I finally completed this book called THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE, ( I am sure it will be around in some form when you start to read and understand what you are reading) and it spelled it out for me pretty easily.  I am on this earth to entertain.  I am here to spit truth through my spoken words and to show the world that a positive Christian brother that loves the LORD can still make you laugh in this evil world.  I am here to teach ways to express yourself through poetry.  Oh, and I am also here to be your daddy and to keep you in line when you fall out of it.  And you will fall out of it.  It is human nature.  Don't get discouraged.  I have fallen many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many times.  Shoot, I just fell today.  But you must not get discouraged.  You must not be afraid to keep moving.  Be strong.  The devil will tempt you with evil thoughts and messages telling you to quit.  But your daddy is telling you to NOT listen.  If you don't listen to me, I am gonna give you a spanking.  No, a whipping!!!  I am telling you to keep moving forward with GOD's plan. 

And I am also telling you that I have to go...Genesis, your sister just threw up all over mommy.  This is the second time she has thrown up today.  I pray that her stomach is okay.  Well, by the time you read this, it will all be better.  Yay.  Remember, we love you.  

But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.