Dear Paul,

As your birthday approaches, I wanted to drop this note to you the wish you well my son, on this day of your birth. In retrospect, I wish I had another chance at rearing you and your brothers and Julie but obviously that is not meant to be. I made errors in raising you and your brothers. However, I always had this tremendous love for you and your brothers and Julie. I was abused

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...and as terrible as this abuse was I can raise above it, I will always wonder what might have been had this horrible thing not happened but it did and I have to move on and currently I am making great strides to be the man that I really am, with Gods help this will become a reality.

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The illness that I have is horrible however it made me realize....

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Take care my son

With tremendous Love my son

Dad