{"id":40750,"date":"2022-08-31T10:15:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T00:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40750"},"modified":"2022-08-31T10:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T00:15:22","slug":"an-a-for-creative-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40750","title":{"rendered":"An A For Creative Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A father passing by his son\u2019s bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw an Envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to \u2018Dad.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Dad: It is with great regret and sorrow that I\u2019m writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mom and you.<\/p>\n<p>I have been finding real passion with Stacy and she is so nice.<\/p>\n<p>But I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercing, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older than I am. But it\u2019s not only the passion\u2026Dad she\u2019s pregnant. Stacy said that we will be very happy.<\/p>\n<p>She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.<\/p>\n<p>Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn\u2019t really hurt anyone.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime we will pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Stacy can get better. She deserves it.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry Dad. I\u2019m 15 and I know how to take care of myself.<\/p>\n<p>Someday I\u2019m sure that we will be back to visit so that you can get to know your grandchildren. Love, Your Son John<\/p>\n<p>PS. Dad, none of the above is true. I\u2019m over at Tommy\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>I Just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than a Report card that\u2019s in my center desk drawer.<\/p>\n<p>I love you. Call me when it\u2019s safe to come home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A father passing by his son\u2019s bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw an Envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to \u2018Dad.\u2019 With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter. Dear Dad: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=40750\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;An A For Creative Writing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-humourhumor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40751,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40750\/revisions\/40751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}