In 2022, I thought a lot about inviting my dad to my wedding

Published on 17 December 2022

Hi Dad.

Dear father.

Hello Jim.

Hey.

I know we haven’t spoken for a while

You haven’t been in touch

It’s been a while. 

A lot has happened in the past few.

A lot has happened in the last 20 years.

A lot has happened since we last spoke properly. I’ve built a career for myself. I kept our surname and I turned it into something good, a mark of quality, a name to be trusted. 

I’ve moved house and moved house and moved house and finally made a home. It's far away from the home we shared, the one I have tattooed on my arm. But I haven’t forgotten it. Or the love shared in that place. In that time.

I want to tell you that I have some exciting news. I met someone. I love them. They love me. We live together. I proposed. We’re getting married. 

I would love for you to come but

I’d love for you to be a part

We’d like it

I’m sorry but

We’re having a small wedding. It’ll be intimate. My mum will be there of course, and my brothers and sisters. Your daughter and other son too, I mean.

But this is a special time we want to spend celebrating us and our family and I would hate to upset anyone.

It doesn’t…

I’m su…

I hope you understand. Maybe sometime soon we can celebrate together we can talk. 

Maybe sometime soon we can catch up on all of the things that have happened in our lives. Your new family. My new family. Maybe sometime soon I can introduce you to my wife. I’d like that. 

Yours sincerely

Thanks

Lots of love

Kindly, your son

Kindly

Kindly, your son,

Jack