Dear Friends....that are girls,

Alright this is kinda a special Dear Friends letter for all the women out there. But, don't get discouraged guys. This letter is also for you too. Hopefully I will make it simple enough for you to understand because God knows Men are not the most intellectual people in the world when it comes to the opposite sex.

Right girls?

Anyway. I wanted to tell you guys and gals a story (as I usually do). It is a story about a little old lady named Bess. Bess is 82 years old and homeless (I promise this isn't a sad story, just bare with me). Anyway, Everyone of you today spent time in your lives around Bess. Maybe you passed her on the way to school. Maybe on your way to work. Or maybe on your way to your date with that special someone. You might have laughed at her. You might have ignored her. You might have just not even noticed her.
You might have given her change. Heck, you might have even helped her up off the street and spent the day with her. But, see.....this story isn't about helping someone in need. Although that would be a great lesson to be taught it is not the particualar lesson I am attempting to get across. As I said, this is a special email for women....and for guys to figure something out. See, Bess didn't make a couple of good decisions. She made a few mistakes in her life which led her to her current situation and surrondings
(a fridgerater box and a half eaten Ho-Ho)(I just said "Ho-Ho"). Bess was probably a drunk or addicted to drugs. Or maybe she was stubborn and refused help from her parents or others that cared about her. Maybe she doesn't posses an adequate amount of willpower to handle the crap that has been flung at her. Maybe she had no one there to offer an umbrella. But, again. This is not a story about help the less fortunate. I only reiterate this point excessively because I want all of you to look beyond the commoness of a "guilt you into being good" story. I want you to look beyond the made for t.v. Sunday Night movie. I want you to look beyond the tool that people use to deceivingly aquire self-righteousness by publically becoming a good Samaritan. As you walk by Bess....and she looks up at you with those tired withered brown eyes. I want you to realize that Bess is special...simply......because she is a woman. That's it. Not because she accomplished some amazing feat. Not because she devised a plan to change the world (I just saw "Pay it Forward"). No it's simple....she is special......because she is a woman. And so are all of you. Each one of you have been special to me in my life at some point. And I thank you for it. I thank you by saying....."Happy Valentine's Day". So guys.....if you haven't figured it out by now.....just give up and get her some candy....

I love you guys....and gals

oh....and Happy Valentine's Day Bess

Anthony Doria