Editors Letter

Hana, the only one in the room, catches the bouquet and the ceremony is complete. Doot is the happiest child on Earth. She says to me, “I love you Honey Bunny.” And my heart sighs…

She waits until I am almost through eating and then wanders over to whisper in my ear.

“Are you done yet, Old Pa?” Then she pauses and says, “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

And if I have the strength, the preparations begin. My wife, Teresa, who Doot has determined is our youngest daughter, is now known as “Baby Hana.” She helps Doot find just the right dress. Doot also requires shoes, a hat, and a purse. I am required to also be properly dressed and Hana has to supply me with a ring for the bride, and I give Doot my wedding ring to hold.

She and I stand at the end of the hallway as child prodigy Baby Hana plays the wedding march on the piano in the living room. We slowly walk hand-in-hand to where Baby Hana awaits. I lift the bride-to-be gently up onto an ottoman so she will be somewhere near the proper height — and the ceremony begins.

The multitalented, piano-playing Baby Hana now becomes Reverend Hana. She picks up the nearest book, which will double as a Bible. Last

The last wedding that took place, I asked my son to video it on my phone. After it was over, Doot watched the video twice and smiled broadly each time.

I asked him to video it for her. When she is fourteen years old and full of herself, she will look at it and say, “Oh my God, what was wrong with me?” When she is twenty-four and I am no more than a distant memory, she may then have her own child. She will look at it and say, “Oh, how sweet!” And one day, when she is my age now, she will look at it and finally understand… and she will cry. She’ll cry because she will have her own grandchild, and she will feel in her heart exactly what I feel when The Mighty Dukras chooses me — when she honors me, Old Pa — to be the one to watch over her and take care of her in sickness and in health until death do us part.

Until next month — hold fast…

Jim Gibson editor

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