A Letter Home Intro

Hi mom!

Hey, it’s great to be able to talk to you

Ah, I haven’t been able to talk to you in really a long time

and ah, my friend Jack has got this box that I can talk to you from

So I’d like to be able to send you this message

and tell you how much I love you and also tell you

that I think you should start talking to daddy again.

Since you’re both there together there’s no reason not to talk

And also, um, you know how we used to watch the weather all the time

on TV, and we used to know what was happening, ah, you know up there in Winnipeg

And ah, well I met this guy named Al and he’s, um, he’s the weatherman now for the whole planet

If you can imagine that, and ah, he’s uh, sometime’s not popular because, uh,

this is very strange but, you know people turn on the weatherman

When the weather is gonna be bad, they actually turn on the weatherman

and uh, say bad things about him and put him down

So, so uh, things haven’t been that great lately, uh

you know, day by day is really good, uh, you know most of the time

but every once in a while all hell breaks loose, mom

and the whole thing is just like nothing I’ve ever seen before

and it, it seems to be happening everywhere

So ah, you know if you’re in there, everywhere all the time

All around the whole globe, around earth

So you know, even though Al’s forecasts are good he gets in trouble

So ah, you know I always know we used to watch the weather forecast together

so I thought I’d tell you about that and ah, I miss you

And I know that ah, I-I know that ah, you know I’d like you to say hello to Ben for me

Ah and, tell him that you know that I’ll be around, ah, I’ll be there eventually.

Ah, not for a while though, I still have a lot of work to do here

And ah, and so I love you, and ah I hope eveybody’s feeling good up there

and don’t forget to talk to daddy, bye!