To the father who couldn’t be bothered,

Thank you. Really, I mean it.

Thank you for coming in and out of our lives three times from time frames ranging from a week to six months. The first time you did this, my little sisters were so excited to finally have a father, but then you left. The candy we obtained from trick-or-treating lasted longer in our lives than you did.

Thank you for not being there for any of our sporting events.

Thank you for all the holidays you skipped spending with us.

Thank you for never being around.

Thank you for telling me, and our family, that you knew the ones who could be bothered to stick around, brainwashed us into not liking you.

Thank you for my face that looks almost identical to yours.

Thank you for all of my facial expressions, because we have the same ones.

Thank you for being in your other children’s lives, but not my sister's and I’s.

Thank you for claiming another child, who is not even yours, to be your son when you could not be bothered with your biological daughters.

Thank you for lying to us.

Thank you for coming into our lives and actually parenting us after being virtually absent for almost 18 years.

Thank you for promising to love us “forever and always.”

Thank you for that Facebook daughter request, really that meant so much to me, I swear.

But, most important of all, thank you for being the sperm donor to my little sisters, the most important people in my life.

For as much as I wish to hate you, I cannot on the sole premise that you have provided me with my favorite people. It is really funny that you cannot see the miracle they really are. Triplets born of natural causes. In 2002, there were 6,898 triplets born in the US. While I do not have an exact statistic of how many of those were natural births without fertility drugs, they are still a miracle, nonetheless. The fact that they were even born alive is a blessing considering they were so little when they were born. My little sisters are really great people and I love having them around. Without you, they would not exist and that truly would be a tragedy in an otherwise bleak world. They are such great human beings and it truly is a shame that you could not be bothered to be a part of their lives.

So, thank you, this time sincerely, for providing me with the best siblings a human could ever desire. We turned out just fine without you. We will continue to do well and succeed. So, please do not try to be a part of our lives ever again. We really do not need you or your lies. It was really a great effort on your part this time, six months. But, next time, you can put your time elsewhere and continue ignoring our existence. After all, that’s what you do best.