Boron - Chapter 21

Well, Bondo, I just came up from my visit with you and Eric
and it sure was good to see both of you. You know, a lot of
people believe it would be better for all concerned if I
never had a relationship with {name deleted} again. And,
they may very well be right. But I can't help it; I love her
and I miss her like crazy.

And, as you probably know, Eric told me she's seeing another
guy now. I can't blame her. We are broken up and I always
told her anyway that I didn't want her to wait around for
me.

But boy it sure hurts.

And, once again, I'm writing about it because it releases me
a little bit. You know, kiddo, you can't always control what
happens to you in life but you do have a lot of control over
your responses.

So what do I do to deal with this hurt? I write. I do my
road work. I do my chores. I don't snivel. And mainly:

I Just Keep On

Keepin' On

What else? I mean, unless you're going to take the pipe
there really is no other rational choice.

And so, we'll talk about that extraordinarily effective
excuse for a deal. Here it is:

I Am Offering You

This Deal Because You

(By Virtue Of Some Unique Circumstance)

Are So Special

This bears a little explanation. Listen to this: Once upon a
time I wrote a letter to sell a family crest wall plaque.
This letter contained a photograph of the wall plaque just
like I have talked about doing and what that letter told my
reader was something like this: