Remembering our first encounter and the letters that started a lasting friendship. I remember, do you? It’s extraordinary.

Dear Big Daddy Cash,
I am so very new to this wonderfully fulfilling writer's site. After many fruitless years of writing letters to the editor, scribbling notes on scraps of paper that I have left on those inconsiderates who take up two parking spaces in a crowded mall lot, and using many more than necessary words and phrases to have my kid excused from 6th period gym class, I now feel I must get some clarification from you as to where I go next.

I am not preoccupied by thoughts of a heaven or hell. I believe in a just and merciful God, I'm just not sure why. I love my fellow man until he ticks me off and then I'd just as soon see him fall into a raging river. I don't abuse nature but I have never gone out of my way sidestepping an ant on the sidewalk. I love birds until they poop on my patio, I love raccoons until they raid my garbage cans, I love chipmunks until they start burrowing under my house, and I love my neighbor as myself until he continues blaring ITunes after midnight. We part company at that point.


Since I believe this is a site of anonymity, I am probably way off here, I am surprised at the personal experiences you write about. Are you a counselor? Are you a doctor? Are you a healer? I know you must be a survivor.

Please, please don't take this the wrong way. I don't mean to question your humanity or your skills. I'm just trying to decipher exactly what is intended by what you write.

I have always believed that one of the qualities that enables a writer to be successful is his/her need to know. My husband often chides me on this. We will be at an airport or a discount store or a funeral and before the night has ended, I know the life story of anyone to whom I've been talking with. I make no judgments, I simply listen. It has given me a lot of material over the years.


Anyway, just thought you might have a minute or two to comment. This letter will probably lead to my future elimination as an "Extraordinary Letters" contributor but I'm willing to risk it in my continuing quest to know.

Hope things are going well. I look forward to reading additional revelations as we all continue down the bumpy road of life.
Sincerely,
Your Friend and Fellow Writer
Dear Pen at home,
My dear Pat, if that is your name, it’s only my assumption surmised from some of your letters, and anyway until I’m corrected I’m going to call you Pat or Patricia. Penathome is a nice pen name but I don’ think it fits you because so far your pen is in eleven places on my project. You can correct me if I’m wrong. I first met you when you wrote Love in a Bowling Alley to your husband Joe; you signed that one Love Forever, Your Wife. Do you remember? Anyway I think your pen name should be ILove2WriteLetters. Don’t you think that is more apropos? I can tell by the letters you write that it is one form of writing you love and you do it so well.
I don’t think that all those years that you wrote letters to the editor and scribbled notes to what you refer to as inconsiderate people was time fruitlessly wasted. I think if you give it more thought you’ll see that it was a learning experience. If for no other reason you were helping people break their bad habits. That is an accomplishment that only few can lay claim too.
You claim that two legged critters tick you off and you’d just as soon see them fall into a raging river, come on Patricia, you don’t expect me to believe that, do you? You say that you don’t abuse nature, that nature abuses you. Who do you think I am Pat? I wasn’t born yesterday. You can fool some people with these ridiculous words but you can’t fool Big Daddy Cash, I know better. Most of what you write shows me a loving, kind and understanding person. Poop on the patio, raccoons in your garbage, chipmunks burrowing under your house and noisy neighbors in the middle of the night just give you something to write about.
Patricia, I write because I love to write and if you have to decipher what I write to find my intent then I have failed you as my reader. My written word is not that of a professional, it’s clumsy, defies the rules of grammar and my spelling is atrocious. However I write what I feel, I write it my way and if anything, If what I write sparks a light then I have accomplished my plight and I’m a happy man.
My project is not one of anonymity unless requested. I believe that hiding behind a flag brings more shame then reality. I believe that if a writer has something to say he or she should say it with dignity. The writers name should fly at high mast.
Since I have grown to love you and respect you through the talent you have with words I’m going to answer your questions by writing what I have said in my profile. It is here word for word, it better be because I copied and pasted it here just for you;
My one claim to fame is my peace of mind. I've lived a long life and made tons of mistakes. I've tried to make amends for all the harm that I've done but in some cases that's not possible. So instead of making amends I now make repairs. I try to fix the problems of others and that's where I've found my biggest successes.

My name is Wm. Cash Neve. My Friends call me Big Daddy Cash

It is my belief that the most successful people tend to read a new book at least once a month, Reading what somebody else has to say adds new dimensions to your knowledge and inspires creativity. As you already know I like to write but along with writing I love reading. I acquire my thoughts and ideas from the things I read, my daily experiences and the people I meet.

A hobby of mine is collecting the thoughts and ideas from the greatest thinkers of all time and comparing them with the thoughts and ideas that come from everyday people from all walks of life. The point I am making or at least trying to make is that reading is another powerful tool that should be added to your tool box for success. If you don’t have the habit of reading it’s time that you made it a habit.

I haven’t yet acquired the talents of the authors of the books that I read but through perseverance, imagination and down right determination I will.

I have hundreds of books in my library that cover subjects from mind enhancement to potty training. When I’m sitting in a waiting room, such as the doctors or dentists, I will always pick up a magazine and skim through the pages looking for something new and interesting. I don’t find a great deal of value in the daily newspaper however each day I read it cover to cover if anything it keeps me abreast of local and world events.

Constant reading gives you added knowledge and knowledge is the power that makes your ventures a success.
I hope my profile claim to fame answers your questions, it should, all but one. You said where do I go from here! That is one question that only you can answer, I’m sure you will go where you are needed and that your imagination will take you to places that you never dreamed possible.
Sincerely Yours, Love from a Friend, Big Daddy Cash
P.S. Continue your quest with Extraordinary Letters you are one hell of a letter writer and people love to read letters.