SEEDS IN PAPA’S VINEYARD
We are all seeds in Papa’s Vineyard, and I am blessed to be the fateful Patriarch
of this tiny vine of devoted, familial female grapes. The little one is no
longer with us. No, she has not passed on to that vaporous vale of eternal
sleep; however, she has been spirited away from the fold by ignorance and ill intentions. So, yes, she is lost to the Bruster Clan, (although she was
never truly a Bruster, which will be explained in detail someday). However, this
is an account of the ones who remain, (the little one, at least, deserved an
honorable mention as her departure from the vineyard was not completely by her
own design).
The Bruster girls are the perfect mixture of intelligence, beauty, and
dedication. They all embody the spirit of “Papa Bruster”, who has gone on to
lands unknown nearly a half-century before their birth, so in truth, they never
met him, or visited his earthly vineyard as I did. It is uncanny, however, that
they all carry the genetic cerebral markers that made “Papa Bruster” a force to
be reckoned with. Education was always important in our clan, although the
cousins seemed to get the lion’s share of the higher education until I came of
age to spawn my own brood. My own college education only spanned to the associate level, but life gave me a PhD, and allowed me to pass on a limited,
yet qualitative degree of knowledge to my two offspring who went on to spread
their knowledge to the next generation of Papa’s clan, until two brilliant
girls broke the mold, (Papa would be so proud of them).
My wife, who has been a Bruster girl since 1999, also fits this mold.
She graduated at the top of her class with a 3.99 GPA, was invited and installed
on the school board, and was recruited to be a faculty member, (which she
graciously declined for personal reasons).
Unfortunately, unlike “Papa Bruster”, I have no vineyard, and currently, no land on which to grow one, but I will always have the grapes and seeds of
the Bruster Clan at my side, to love and cherish. I am blessed to be alive to
watch them grow and eventually sprout and cultivate their own vines, grapes, and
seeds. I love you all, girls.
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