Dear So and So

[Bikingmomof3]

Dear D***'s,
I have never had much success shopping at my local store. Unfortunately the twins wanted UA from Santa. You happen to be the only local store that carries it. And yet your employees continue to looked surprised by the mere mention of the brand. Now, personally when children know all about UA, I would think your employess would as well. FYI, you do carry UA in your store.
So imagine my joy when I learned UA was being sold through your website without sales tax and shipping! Happy Day! I can order the UA Cold Gear gloves for my twins from Santa. See, I knew it was too easy, yet I was trying to be optomistic. I received a confirmation email and was pleasantly surprised at how smoothly everything went.
*Wait for it*
I just received an email that I ordered an item not yet in stock. Nowhere on your site does it say these are items you do not currently carry. I looked. I went back and looked again. Nope, nothing. Please just get these gloves to me before the 24th! Then we can call it even and I will never ever shop with you again and you will not need to deal with my questions and phone calls.
FYI-Santa does not leave I.O.U.s

Your continually disgruntled, soon to be ex-shopper.

[mimitabby]

Dear so and so
My sister has sent me another cryptic message. Please give me the strength and the intelligence to know what to say; the right things that will not make her any madder and perhaps will calm her down and preserve what little is left in our relationship.

[lph]

Dear so and so
My sister has sent me another cryptic message. Please give me the strength and the intelligence to know what to say; the right things that will not make her any madder and perhaps will calm her down and preserve what little is left in our relationship.

This may sound a bit cryptic too, but bear with me: it makes me - well, not happy, but a bit more content - to see that other people do have difficult relationships with their siblings. As I've mentioned I had one brother who died recently, and we were not close. He was the ultimate master of the one-line reply, not answering e-mails, not returning calls, and in general being aloof and distant. Which didn't really bother me that much when he was alive, but has been bothering me more than I expected after he died. It's so definite - that's the way it was and there's no way of changing it now, even if I had wanted to try.

Long story. I'm not going to go all "carpe diem, mend your ways" on you , just wanted to tell you that it's a small normalizing relief to see that other peoples sibling relationships aren't all perfect either... Good luck with your sister.

[Bikingmomof3]

Dear Head (yes you brain and vessels and arteries),
Please could I just get a break here? One day, just one, please? I would even be happy with half a day. Is it too much to ask?

A very tired body!

[Aggie_Ama]

Dear Eyes,

Please, please, please stop drying out and hurting. My glasses annoy me but I can only wear my contacts 4-5 days a week. The lovely eye doctor has tried everything she can think of, can't you help?

Sincerely,
Wearing glasses and not happy with you eyes

Dear Step-MIL,

If you want people to drive you to pick up your grandson, you must ask. Don't whine about it later. Even though you annoy me and four hours in the car is my idea of torture, I would do it because you have lung cancer and I know chemo is rough. You have to ask for favors though, I don't live with you to know you need help.

With love,
A woman who cares for you because of your wonderful stepson

[mary9761]

Dear Body,
COME ON!!! Work WITH ME here!!!! I've been trying real hard to take good care of you the last couple years or so to make up for the abuse I put on you years ago. I'm giving you great exercise, trying to eat right the best that can be afforded right now. I got you off MOST of the medicines we had to take regularly, now you decide to hit me with a WHAMMY??? Muscle relaxers, Vicodin, Ibuprophen and prednisone is what you decide we need now? I need you to talk to the back, leg and nervous system and get back on the bike! PLEASE!! I don't like we had to go back on Prednisone, you know what it does to us!! And not getting our quota of cycling endorphins.... Well, we BOTH know THAT'S not going to be pretty either...
Let's nip this thing in the bud before it gets worse. We BOTH need to get back on the bike, to stay healthy..
Signed,
Becoming (Nightmare)

[crazycanuck]

Dear Geoff Page-yellow wiggle

I'm sorry to hear about your illness & that you've decided to leave.

Take care of yourself.

From a non wiggles watcher but understands kids love the wiggles...
(I was wiggled at our friends house last christmas & all i could think of on a bike ride was "hot potato, potato potato potato.." )