Dear Marshall,
At your birthday party, you ate cake. You’re not used to so much sugar, and later you were acting crazy. You even kicked your sister a couple of times and we said, “He usually doesn’t act like that!” Your grandfather said, under his breath, “In sucrose veritas.” I turned to him and said, “Hey, I speak pseudo-Latin and I know what that means!” He just laughed. For the record, it means, “In sugar there is truth.” Or, to put it another way, “Sugar makes you act the way you really feel.”
True, you have been a little resentful of Livia lately. Now that she’s mobile, she’s often in your way. Worse yet, she tries to play with your toys and eat your books. You must be thinking, “Hey, no one gets to eat my books but me!”
Sorry, Sweetie, but you’re going to have to share. You’ll be thankful later in life to have such a wonderful sister. I’m sure of it.
In the meantime, stay off the sugar!
Love,
Mom