Tā nu es uzrakstīju e-pastu. Kuru es nosūtīju ģimenei, draugiem, tantēm, onkuļiem. Uzaugot es visus saukāju par tantēm un onkuļiem, lai arī mēs nebijām asins radinieki. Tad nu te ir tas ko es uzrakstīju (pašu vēstuli pagaidām netulkošu, ja būs pieprasijums tad pārtulkošu ): Hello everyone!
If you're receiving this email, you probably know that our dad, Patrick Burns, is turning 60 next month (much as he would hate us to be reminding everyone, I'm sure.) To celebrate his birthday, we'd like to put together a little surprise to let him know that his nearest and dearest are thinking of him. We're going to try and create "60 Years of Memories" by filling 60 envelopes with a memory his friends and family have of him.
And this is where you come in!
If you have a spare moment in the next few days, we would be so grateful if you'd jot down a favorite memory you have of our dad and put it in the post. It doesn't have to be anything fancy -- you can just write it down on a piece of paper and sign your name. You can mention anything you like -- although the more nostalgic the better! Please absolutely feel free to send more than one memory (in fact, we welcome it -- we've got 60 envelopes to fill!), but make sure you write them on different pieces of paper (and sign your name to each) so we can split them up.
Thank you so, so, so much for participating -- we know everyone is busy with their own lives, and we do appreciate you taking a few minutes to do this; it will be so worth it when he reads all the memories people have of him! (Please don't forget to keep it a surprise until then, though!)
Thank you so much again.
--Holly, Tom, Luke, and Susie
"Tā nu es nosūtīju neskaitāmus e-pastus un man atlika pagaidām tikai gaidīt, un tieši to es arī darīju. Tad sāka nākt atbildes uz manis nosūtītajiem e-pastiem, un tur bija tik ļoti daudz jauku atmiņu, starp tām bija atmiņas no piecdesmitajiem, sešdesmitajiem un septiņdesmitajiem gadiem, respektīvi no visām dekādēm starp mūdienām un mana tēva pirmās dzimšanas dienas. Vēstules nāca no manas mammas, māsas, brāļiem, manas vecammas, mana tēva draugiem no vidusskolas laikiem, viņa māsas, vecajām draudzenēm, manas mammas vecā drauga, kā arī mana tēva pirmā priekšnieka un ļoti daudziem citiem tuviem un ne tik tuviem cilvēkiem, pat tādiem cilvēkiem kam pat netiku teicis par šo projektu."
