I was recently asked to write a letter of recommendation for a friend’s college application. Here is what I came up with:
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To Whom It May Concern:
It is my greatest pleasure to introduce to you the very talented Haylea G—. She is without exaggeration the greatest person to have walked the earth in at least the past 560 years, possibly even the last 783 years (but I won’t try to push the point).
It is most likely that we will have a woman president before Haylea is eligible, but it is virtually guaranteed that she will be the second woman to be president of these United States. She will essentially be the John Adams of women presidents. To put that into perspective, she may be forgotten for a few generations, but in due time her greatness will be understood by a popular historical author who will write a New York Times bestseller based upon her life that will get optioned for a HBO miniseries special in which the part of Haylea will be played by an Oscar-nominated actress. In the scene where she enters into university, do you really want your school to be ridiculed as the one that did not accept her application? What I am saying is that it would be an extraordinary blow to your school’s reputation to not accept Ms. G— into your esteemed halls of learning. Generations from now you will be known as “the university that failed to note the genius of Haylea G— as depicted in the award-winning HBO miniseries ‘Haylea G—’ available on DVD and Bluray Disc.” You don’t want that to happen, do you? Eternal shame throughout the ages would not do well for your alumni pledge drives.
It is with this in mind that I wholly support and wish for you to consider Ms. Haylea G—. Your reputation, nay, your very future rests in her capable hands.
Yours Etc.
~Eric Hamilton Esq.
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This is the same Haylea that inspired my very second 101 word short story over two years ago: Inspired by Haylea. Even now she continues to inspire!
