A Letter Of Recommendation: Michael Hourihan

 

It is with the utmost confidence and sincerity that I present this recommendation on the behalf of Mr. Michael Kieran Finbar Hourihan. Mr. Michael imbues all those he meets with a sense of spirituality, camaraderie, maturity and leadership that is impossible to ignore. In fact, it is for these very reasons that Mr. Michael has been asked to perform the sacrament of marriage.

Those most familiar with Mr. Michael would likely find him running youth groups at the local seminary, offering meals at the West Springfield soup kitchen, and lending a hand and watchful eye to the elderly as they cross busy streets downtown.

Mr. Michael is a diamond in the rough. A true rarity in modern days. It is uncommon to find persons in our society today who can be appropriately referred to as a pillar of the community. Mr. Michael is just that.

When others of similar age and demographic are frequenting lounges, bars, champagne rooms, and bordellos, Mr. Michael can be found spending time with family. Mr. Michael has found a wonderful talent in crochet work and enjoys spending Sunday brunch preparing pastel-colored infant wares with his mother. Saturday nights are typically reserved for rolling homemade pretzels with his father and brothers, which Mr. Michael enjoys dipping in assorted chocolates and farmstand preserves.

I've had the privilege of knowing Mr. Michael in various social circles. I have watched Mr. Michael grow from a confused, restrained young man into a caring, wholesome and truly egalitarian member of our community. Though his advances are often mottled by his modesty, Mr. Michael is consistently revered to be a role model and a patriarch well before his time.

I am eager, elated and enamored to have been afforded the opportunity to recommend such a wonderful man for the duties of Justice Of the Peace. May the Lord find you kindly.

DK