GOD'S AUTOGRAPH. PT. 1

I collect autographs

Over the past three or four decades I have procured twenty or thirty famous and near famous autographs; especially from military and political leaders. I have a knack for discovering their mailing addresses; at which point I enclose a dollar, (the surface of choice), a SSARE, (stamped self-addressed return envelope), and forward the request for an autograph to the person of interest.

Among others, I have the cursive monograms of people such as Neil Armstrong, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, Gen. Paul Tibbets, Hillary Clinton, and one of my latest, the recently departed Sen. John Glenn. 

And it occurred to me today that each and every famous individual who ever responded to my request for an autograph… thought of me; if only for a few brief moments. 

I mean, he or she would have opened my envelope, read my letter, viewed my signature, signed their name, tucked the monogramed dollar bill into the SSARE, (stamped self-addressed return envelope), and dropped my cursive trophy into the nearest mailbox.

To be fair, a personal assistant may have accomplished the bulk of the foregoing actions, but at the very least, the ‘individual of note’ would have put pen to paper and briefly considered the ‘unknown whom’ to whom they were addressing their personalized response. 

I mean, think of it. All those ‘Big Fishes in a Big Pond’ humbling themselves to sign and send their personal autographs to such a ‘Little Fish in a Little Pond.’

(to be continued)

By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "(Mc)Donald's Daily Diary" Vol. 47. Copyright pending

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