To Sue's father

To Sue's father:

           

          You may have known that you would not be there to raise your son and because of that you chose to name him Sue, thinking that this will make him survive in the world you brought him to. Thinking like this, thinking of how to protect him when you’re not there is something a good father would do. A lot of parents don’t even do that much, they don’t protect their kids. Maybe your way of protecting him was unorthodox, but still it counts. You could not predict he would be that tough but still you tried. Sue has a right to be angry because he did not know your motives for choosing that name. He got a rare opportunity with you, because most kids don’t ever get to know the thing there parents do for them, even if it is as simple as giving him a bad name. I can’t judge you for leaving because I don’t know the motives of why you left, but before you did you left your child a lesson that you though was important for him to know. Based on what I read you are proud of the man he has become and having been involved in the raising of him, even though it was not much, it’s much more than what other parents that are always there get to do. I think that naming him Sue was your way of demonstrating your love for him. Even though he did not understand at first the reasons for the name, in the end he got to know that the action was not out of malice, but out of love.