Letter to Julia 20111017

You are a beauty, Julia! Ah, how I LOVE the way you look. Please don't change a thing about yourself, you are the perfect girl for me, how I love you so. I love your intensity, I love your lips, I love your neck, I love your nose, truly you are the most beautiful girl in the world to me.

There's always something to do in this yard. The trees are big and fully grown, and I can't take all of them down even if I wanted to. I've been clearing out the back, by the cesspool. It's doesn't smell like anything, there's just too much vegetation there growing by a ditch which is the neighbor's property. It needs to be bricked up, but it must be cleared out first. Now my parents want me to clear out the entire area which belongs to my mother's family, which is a lot of work, and I'm slow. I work like an ant, I have an increasing pile of work to do, I have more work to do than anyone I know, and I'm rather lazy as well. Only human, you know. Anyway, there's nothing harder to clear than tree stumps, and the ground here is too hard to dig all by my lonesome. I will need a machine for some of this work.

Ah, you must be the practical and shrewd half of our affectionate pair! You ponder on every word of each contract and agreement to make sure you get the best monies thereof, and the best loan factor. Perhaps you perceive that what is practical for us is to have a house large enough to fit your 2000 piece fine china collection, with a walk-in air conditioned closet filled with $10,000 dresses, expensive jewelery, plus extensive hat and shoe collection, for it reflects our rockstar and supermodel couple status. I do not want to restrict you, but I say I am practical and shrewd as you, plus I'm older than you, and I don't want to drag around superfluous and heavy glitter that I don't need. I want to grow slowly, because I have yet to truly know you, my beloved Julia, and our little house grows gradually with the roots of our love and family. Like a tree. And didn't I say you can have an entire room for your wardrobe? Instead of being the flashy and extravagant wealthy celebrity couple who intent on showing off their power and popularity, we are a spiritual and humble wealthy reclusive couple who focus on our love and happiness together. And to do it all without oppressing the poor by consuming interest. InsyaAllah.