Dear Spike:
Your grandmother, Diane, died today. You didn't know her very well, but she was important in your life.
Many years ago, when I accompanied my roommate to his new girlfriend's home, I could not have known that I would be meeting my future family.
But when I left that day, I would later be told, your grandmother turned to your mother and said, "well, I like the roommate better."
I'm glad I made a good first impression on my future mother-in-law and, if in any small way her words contributed to your mother's decision to spend time with me after she and my roommate broke up, I am deeply indebted to her.
Because a few years later, I married your mother. And a few years after that, I got you.
Love,
dad
Your grandmother, Diane, died today. You didn't know her very well, but she was important in your life.
Many years ago, when I accompanied my roommate to his new girlfriend's home, I could not have known that I would be meeting my future family.
But when I left that day, I would later be told, your grandmother turned to your mother and said, "well, I like the roommate better."
I'm glad I made a good first impression on my future mother-in-law and, if in any small way her words contributed to your mother's decision to spend time with me after she and my roommate broke up, I am deeply indebted to her.
Because a few years later, I married your mother. And a few years after that, I got you.
Love,
dad
