Dear Jonathan, Sarah, Joshua and Christina,
Dear Jonathan, Sarah, Josh and Christina, Came down to Virginia to see you. And dropped off jams, pickles and maple syrup to your homes. (Christina, I left yours on Dan Konczal’s porch). Jonathan and Sarah I left them by your mailboxes, because Calvary Temple leadership told you to forbid me come to your door and knock; in order to speak with you. In the last 14 years of trying to see you, the hardest part is leaving Virginia without contact or response from you. Yesterday, when leaving Josh’s preserves at his home, I had the pleasure of speaking with Josh’s wife Olivia. And meeting my grandchildren Maggie, Nathan and Andrew! (For the first time!) I had to ask Olivia at one point, why she was being polite and listening. She replied “I don’t know.” Following a 20 minute or so exchange, before leaving, asked Olivia if I might give her and the grandbaby she was holding, a hug. She said yes; the happy smile and wiggle of that little grandbaby (whom I had never met) and nev...
