Thank you, Daniel. You also reminded me how important formatting is. Maybe it would have worked better to have everything that was in the letter be italicized and not just the dream.
I really liked this piece. It was down to earth without being preachy. Very moving.
I posted a comment earlier and then deleted it, because I thought there was a formatting issue, but it was just me. I went back and reread it and see that the story was italicized only at the point where the father is describing the dream. For some reason I thought that the entire section after the dream was the son reflecting on the dream’s import. So that was a mistake on my part.
Thank you, Daniel. You also reminded me how important formatting is. Maybe it would have worked better to have everything that was in the letter be italicized and not just the dream.
I really liked this piece. It was down to earth without being preachy. Very moving.
I posted a comment earlier and then deleted it, because I thought there was a formatting issue, but it was just me. I went back and reread it and see that the story was italicized only at the point where the father is describing the dream. For some reason I thought that the entire section after the dream was the son reflecting on the dream’s import. So that was a mistake on my part.
Teague,
Thanks for the dose of reality. Lenny J.