2) An Epistle For Joshua - America (From Affine Tree) Comments

Each year I would tried to do something for them, whether it was buying them a book, letting them work on the computer, buying them toys that I thought would help develop a sport that they would like to indulge in one day; I figured if I were in Austin, and because we are a close family, that I would like to, even should help them with as much as possible. Especially when looking back in retrospection; seven and ten years from now, I thought then, when they would graduate from high school and begin to go out on their own, and look back, I would like to be able to have helped them and be able to have made some type of a difference; academic or moral investment in their lives; something I was thinking about when I started to keep a journal on them several years ago. When they would reach eighteen and nineteen, no matter what happened or what road they would take, had I done the little that I could to try and help them. As I said; Desiree was seven, three years younger than Joshua, and up until recently, she probably still does try to imitate Joshua, which is good, for Joshua is nice intelligent and respectful. And Barbara Jean; their mom kept as you would say, 'A close eye on them'. Therefore they can be good peer role models for each other.

The last time I was by my sister's place; which was about ten years ago; one day I woke up early; which when driving a twenty-four hour period, day after day and month after month, which I was at that time while driving OTR (Over The Road) , can either be early or late, and heard what I thought was Barbara Jean, my older sister getting dressed, but minutes later heard my mom say 'Joshua are you ready yet'; and about half an hour later heard him say to his little sister, ‘bye Desiree, which she doesn't have to be to school until eight o'clock because it's only a block away. She, my mom, usually gets up and watches Barbara Jean walk out to the car, as a safety courtesy; her husband goes to work just a little bit earlier, and thus, they, my mom, sister, her daughter and son are there alone; a house where women and children live, safety and courtesy becomes somewhat of a necessity and not a burden.
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