{"id":12090,"date":"2004-05-01T08:44:02","date_gmt":"2004-05-01T12:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=12090"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:08:25","slug":"a-letter-from-adam-by-debbieb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=12090","title":{"rendered":"A Letter from Adam (by DebbieB)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0 This Mother’s Day, it’s Adam’s turn to write home and wish Pa a Happy Mother’s Day.<\/p>\n

Rated:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 G (550 words)<\/p>\n

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A Letter from Adam<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Pa,<\/p>\n

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As of yet, I haven\u2019t figured out how it is that I\u2019m the one away on business this time of the year. Joe must have somehow convinced you that he was needed more at home than doing business for the ranch. The little scamp\u2026just what was it that he said to you? Or did he just bat those long lashes of his and give you one of his best sad-eyed puppy dog looks? Hahahaha\u2026I have to hand it to the kid, he sure knows how to keep you twisted around his little finger\u2026but then, he does Hoss and I the same way. We can\u2019t really fault him, can we? We\u2019ve allowed it to go on far too many years and since he\u2019s a man now, I think it\u2019s time all three of us cut Joe\u2019s apron strings and let the boy\u2026ere\u2026young man, learn to fly on his own.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve given him all the tools he needs to be the kind of person, the right sort of man that we knew he would one day become. In fact, Pa, you\u2019ve given to all three of us the tools designed to make the most out of our lives. You\u2019ve taught us that Life is what We make it, be it good or bad. You\u2019ve taught us how to take the bad with the good as well as how to cope with our shortcomings and our successes.<\/p>\n

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When I think of all the hours you\u2019ve spent, the long days, sleepless nights and the never-ending devotion that you\u2019ve given to each of us, together and as individuals, saying thanks for everything hardly seems sufficient somehow.<\/p>\n

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To say that we appreciate what you\u2019ve sacrificed for us isn\u2019t enough either. I think that the best way we can tell you how we feel, is by living by the examples that you have set before us. Deep within my heart, and I\u2019m sure that Hoss and Little Joe feel as I do, living out our lives, being the men that you expected us to become, and loving not only God, but family and friends, keeping the values that you lived your life by so that one day we could pass them down to our children, is the most sincere way of us telling you how we feel. Live by example, isn\u2019t that what you\u2019ve always tried to teach us? Well, Pa\u2026you are a fine example of both father and mother, and that\u2019s why today, I wanted to wish you the best, the best of life and of love, for you surely have ours. Today is a day that we would normally devote to our mother\u2019s, but since that cannot be except in memory and heart, I give freely my mother\u2019s portion of my heartfelt love, to you. You deserve it, along with my respect, my admiration and my promise that one day\u2026when I become a father, I pray that I can be one such as you have been to Hoss, Joe and myself. I love you, Pa, for what you\u2019ve given to my brothers and I, for what you\u2019ve taught us but mostly because of who you are and what you stand for.<\/p>\n

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Happy Mother\u2019s Day, Pa.<\/p>\n

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Respectfully, your son,<\/p>\n

Adam Cartwright<\/p>\n

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Summary:\u00a0 This Mother’s Day, it’s Adam’s turn to write home and wish Pa a Happy Mother’s Day.<\/p>\n

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