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The eternal battle of good vs. evil
Dearest Samantha,
For many, the holiday season is a fun and festive time. Kids take breaks from school, parents take breaks from work, and many come together to just be together. For many, many others, holiday season is the worst time of the year because they are reminded of their loneliness. This is true especially for almost all divorced fathers. You see, like your father, most fathers aren’t allowed to spend much, if any, time with their children. (Don’t other daddies love their children like you love me?) OH YES sweetheart! They very much love their children. There’s nothing these fathers want more during the holiday season, or any other time of year for that matter, than to be with their children. But there are very, very bad people who prevent them from doing so. (Daddy, what does prevent mean?) It means that very bad people keep them away from their children by force. If a divorced father tries to see his children for more than the bad people allow, the bad people point a gun at the father and send them to jail. (That’s scary daddy.) It is indeed dearest.
I’ve met and talked with many good divorced fathers who are only allowed to spend a few days each month with their children, just like I’m only allowed to see you a few days each month. And, I must tell you sunshine that these fathers are hurting like most could never imagine in their worst nightmares. They are hardly allowed to see their most precious possessions in the world – their children… every day, they have a significant amount of money stolen from them by the bad people… many have a hard time providing for themselves and the other members of their family… their emotional and physical selves are in shambles. (Did those daddies do something bad?) No beautiful – they are all good fathers. But when you have been beaten-up by bullies for no reason, beaten so bloody that you question if life is even worth living, all you want to do is lie down on the ground, close your eyes, try to forget the pain, and wish or pray for someone to save you and your children. (Can you save them daddy?) I don’t think so baby. But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to continue to try. That’s one of the reasons I filed my Petition for Leave to Appeal today in the Illinois Supreme Court. It’s my next step on my path to the U.S. Supreme Court. Candidly, it doesn’t matter if the Illinois Supreme Court will hear my case or not (which they get to decide). The only court that matters is the U.S. Supreme Court.
Even though everything I’m doing is solely for the purpose of getting back into your life and having an equal opportunity to be your parent, the great thing about my case is that, if I were to ever win, every good father who has ever been removed from his child’s life will also win. And, I’ve been told that there are over 26 million “fit” parents who have been removed from their children’s lives because the bad people in divorce court said so. (But they really didn’t do anything wrong daddy?) I know it sounds crazy pumpkin but, unfortunately, as you get older, you will learn that there are a lot of bad people who do terrible, terrible things to good people for no other reason than they can. We call them bullies. (What’s a bully daddy?) A bully is someone who hurts someone else by force just because they are weaker in some way. Judges are bullies. Divorce lawyers are bullies. Politicians are bullies. Police and others who enforce and contribute to these destructive laws are bullies.
As you grow up munchkin, you will learn that there will always be the “good guys” and the “bad guys.” The bad guys are the people who lie, who steal, who bully, who hurt, who destroy. The good guys are those who tell the truth, who earn what they have, who stand-up against those that use force, who heal those that are hurt, who build. Being one of the good guys is a choice and, to make the right choices, you have to learn about the advantages and disadvantages from a moral/philosophical point-of-view. (What’s philo… fil-sof… what’s that word mean daddy?) Morality and philosophy are things that you study to learn how to think and act. I hope we’ll get to discuss it more as you grow older, as I want to teach you how to be one of the good guys. But, until a judge removes the gun they are pointing at me, I might not be able to do so. (Daddy, I really hope you win so that I get to see you more.) You keep hoping for the best precious, and I’ll keep hard at work. (Thank you daddy.) No sunshine – thank you.
Love always,
Daddy
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