knock

(enter mid conversation)

 What?

The email I sent to her bounced back.

You email mom?

Sometimes, but this time it came back.

How often do you do this??

Only a few times, but it’s never come back before.

What do you say?

You know, “Hi Mom, I miss you. love, Pete”

Only a few times? You’re not doing this all the time are you?

No!  (he laughs) Just sometimes. 

There should be a heaven.com where people can email their dead relatives.

Do you read Bob’s Daughter?

Sometimes, I read the most recent one. You wrote about me.

Is it ok that I write about you?

Yeah, it’s cool.

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Bob’s Son would like Heaven.com and Bob’s Daughter wants Intelius to burn in hell, not the people, just the company, which according to US Law has the same rights as a living person. What rights does a dead person have? Not the right to be left in peace. It’s a sick form of Avatar that companies can prop up my dead father and ask me to email him.

I suspect that Peter sleeps better than I do and right now I miss the little boy who would knock on the wall between our childhood bedrooms to see if I was awake. Of course once he knocked, I woke up. 

Until next time,

Bob's Daughter