Dear Brighid. Dear Josh.

 I do want you to know something

I have thought about you

worried about you

and hoped for you

from the first day of your existence. 

Every day 

that I am alive

you will be thought of

and worried about

and hoped for

and after that ..... 

if there is an after that

you will be thought of

and worried about

and hoped for

I have always loved you

I will always love you

NOTHING changes that

if I hear from you. If I do not hear from you

If our politics differ.

if you have an addiction of any kind

If you win the gold medal

If you can't get out of bed 

If you are living in a mansion or living on the streets

Nothing changes that I have always loved you, I will always love you.

This parent's love is unconditional.