Recently, Mel Gibson has been in the news quite a bit.  I don’t know the details, but I do know that it involves some pretty harsh phone messages to his ex-girlfriend.  Well, Tom’s dad just happens to share the moniker, Mel Gibson and he occasionally receives mail that is meant for the actor.  We don’t know why this is.  Any amount of thought would probably tell you that Mel Gibson the actor doesn’t list his address in the phonebook, but I suppose that people see Mel Gibson, California, and assume that it has to be Mad Max himself.  These pieces of mail are usually solicitations of some sort, but the other day Mel received a heartfelt card that had me rolling with laughter.  It was from a well-meaning woman in Mobile, AL, and it read:

Things for Mel to do.

1. Make Jesus #1  2. Please the Lord  3. Leave women and alcohol alone  4. Ask God to be your buddy again   5. Call me (and here she listed her phone number)

Mel – don’t know where you are living now, hope this card reaches you.  I am concerned about you and am praying for you. 

She then signed her name which I will omit.  I love this card so much that I made a copy that I will cherish forever.  I am afraid that I will forever be warning our Mel to leave women and alcohol alone and askinghim who his buddy is!! Now my problem is whether or not I call this woman and tell her that as much as we appreciate the note, it failed to reach its intended audience.