Fake Letters to Real People
Dear Cedar, You may wonder who I am. You may know some things that are true about me, and some that are not. I want to tell you who I am, because I am a person who loves you from afar. Same goes for your siblings, the ones I haven’t met yet. The ones I may never get to meet. My name is Julian, also known as Uncle Julian, or your ex-aunt, or a stranger. “UGH!” The sound of keyboard clicks came to a halt. Silence filled the room, followed by a deep sigh. As Julian glanced over the collection of letters and spaces that built up his first paragraph, he took a deep breath and started over. “Honesty,” he said out loud. “This is just for you. No one else ever needs to read it.” He didn’t want to delete anything just yet, so he pressed ‘Enter’ a few times. Dear Cedar, Before you were born, I got a Gap credit card. Did you know that? I ended up using it for myself sometimes, but the real reason I got it was for Baby Gap. I was so excited to be, what I called myself at the time, an aunt. I ...
