Are you an idiot? Who exactly are you punishing? An inocent baby, please oh please tell me you are not that silly. My father was prominant african american lawyer, and my mother was a beautiful Spanish woman who met and fell in love with my father in the middle 60″s. In 1966 my mother concieved a baby that my father very quickly had her to abort. In 1968, I was concieved and my mother, decided to keep me. My father, who used the same ole tired excuse Mr. Murphy is trying to use, vowed to never have one thing to do with me if my mother continued with the pregnancy.

I must tell you that he kept every bit of that promise. I suppose though he was tricked into climbing into bed with my mother enough to knock her up twice? Huh?

I grew up hating the fact that my mother gave birth to me. I hated Fathers Day at school and would pretend to be sick on the Friday just before so that I would not have to make some “I have a great dad gift.” when in fact my father never picked up a phone or sent even a birthday card.

I felt unwanted, because like Eddie Murphy, I had other siblings that were not only acknowledged by my father, but supported as well. My mother worked very hard long hours to keep my basic needs met and I felt so sorry for her, many times I would cry knelt down between the wall and the bed thinking if she had not chosen to have me, she would have been better off.

Mr Murphy, I am 40 years old and I lost my mother in 1998, my father died in 1999 and met me face-to-face only once, just to say that “He didn’t wish to persue a relationship with me at the time, because it would be too hard to explain.” I will never heal the deeply rooted scars in my soul from this whole lifetime of pain, can you imagine how that baby girl will grow up thinking that she wasn’t good enough to be your daughter?

I hope that someone who is your real friend Mr. Murphy will sit down with you and get to the core of your heart, tell you the truth and help you to do the right thing.

I wish you well Mr. Murphy.