[…]drops or pull into port as frequently. Some of them are postmarked from the exotic places whose pictures they bear; others of them are not postmarked at all…. The best card I’ve ever received came on my birthday…and reads: “I’m proud of the kind of person you’re growing up to be. Love you, Dad.” I thought it was extremely serious a thing to say…. It made me feel grown-up, and I saved it as much for that message as the shiny, embossed butterfly on the front. I later learned that my father would write many of these messages to each […]