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Damsel In Distress

Heartbroken lass bereft of eminent beau papa doth vicariously experience her (mine daughter's) grievous woe. Unfair a budding promising relationship nought going to incorporate wedded bliss, when for all the world the strong humble lad absconded to Puerto Rican his homeland. Thus pained University of Pennsylvania alumna ("star student") since grade one at Belmont Hills Elementary whose high school alma mater i.e. Harriton High School, now glum Oakland California transplant. I (biological father), who helped beget offspring writhes with agony, cuz he and the missus sowed wild oats during prime time, when irresistible call of the wild overtook wisdom to shuck contraceptive yielding the miracle of life. Parenthood never ended just because declaration of independence and autonomy witnessed natural propensity for progeny to reliant become on self forced shoulder living expense no only for herself, but deux darling tortoiseshell dappled five month old kittens most certainly a constant reminder, when she and he "two peas in a pod" shared so many college campus memories, whereby appearances hinted and predicted a shared destiny between two love birds. An abrupt cleavage rent asunder never witnessing mutual graceful dotage figuratively saddled once ebullient psyche unnecessarily bogged our engineering minded lady with cumbersome equipage after they spent precious young adulthood years together emulating how married couple live, I gauge such scenario, cuz talk of wedding bells filled the (telephonic) airwaves, whereby yours truly feeling blessed potential prodigal son in law his earning hand over fist big bucks employed at Silicon Valley company geared toward marketing fitness application. Unsure how said high achiever bolstered with you go girl refrain, (who ofttimes communicated with Zayda, i.e. his demise a crushing sorrow), which inevitable prolonged decline sundered special rapport since more'n threescore Earth orbits around the sun papa acquired mechanical engineer degree working within Aerospace Division at General Electric. Impossible mission not to care despite mein kampf punctuated with mine wanderlust flair marital covenant garden variety wordsmith did greatly impair triggering hostility within mine humble lair adulterer letter forcibly donned as outerwear.

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