A Brighter Future

Looks like we made it through, little one.

I know what you're thinking. Believe me, if I had a choice, I would've avoided this whole mess just to keep you safe...

...but you're going to find that life doesn't always give you that choice. Sometimes you've got to fight whether you want to or not. Not just for yourself, but to protect those you love.

Regardless, what's done is done and we've come out the other side intact, you and I. Maybe it doesn't look like it now, but I hope that by the time you arrive, the future will be a little brighter than it was yesterday and that you never have to know what was sacrificed to ensure your place in it.

I'm going to ask a lot of you in the coming years, but you need to be strong and decent, because the world has enough villains. A fair number of them are laying around us feeding worms, but there will always be more willing to take their place.

You have to be good.

To be better.

Otherwise... what was the point of today?