Dear So and So

[spokewench]

skhill: I notice in our neighborhood that kids never shovel. I remember as a kid being the first one out there to shovel. My parents always depended on us kids to pitch in with chores.

I am usually the only woman on the street shoveling except those women that do not have a male partner; and the children never peak their noses out the door in the morning to help shovel. Such a weird dynamic these days.

[skhill]

We lived on a corner when I was growing up, so there was plenty of sidewalk for me and my brother to tend to. Thankfully, this is Kentucky so it only happens a few times every year! These days at home I do my little patch of sidewalk, then the vacant lot next door, then on to the neighbor on the other side. She's a fit 70+, but still doesn't really need to be out there clearing snow. There are some tweens in the neighborhood who do shovel, and will be happy to do your sidewalk for a ridiculous fee!

[Xrayted]

Dear Ex

Thank you for being decent and letting us get past this part in a positive way. Hopefully we can move on after this and be friends or at least wish the other well. Which I do.

[Sky King]

Dear Mom and Dad,
I hope you are enjoying being reunited - pretty brazen of me to assume your spirits are now reconnected but that is what I feel in my bones.

Dear Dad,

I am so happy you are now off on a new adventure. The last few years must have been a bit taxing but perhaps the reason for them had more to do with your children's journey and not your own. Thanks for teaching me to be kind, to be patient and to show unconditioned love. Miss you but your smile is forever in my heart.

[OakLeaf]

(((((Sky))))) What a beautiful tribute. I'm so sorry for your loss.

[IBrakeforPastry]

Dear Mom and Dad,
I hope you are enjoying being reunited - pretty brazen of me to assume your spirits are now reconnected but that is what I feel in my bones.

Dear Dad,

I am so happy you are now off on a new adventure. The last few years must have been a bit taxing but perhaps the reason for them had more to do with your children's journey and not your own. Thanks for teaching me to be kind, to be patient and to show unconditioned love. Miss you but your smile is forever in my heart.

Sky King: My condolences on your loss. I know it wasn't unexpected, but this post, and your earlier one were so beautiful and poignant, they really bring tears to my eyes.
I'm sure your parents are enjoying a reunion dance together. Take care of yourself.

[Xrayted]

Dear friend. Thank you for the invite to join you and your friends in HI in a few weeks. I'm glad I had the smarts to finally give in and say yes. I can't wait. It has given me something really fun to look forward to. I haven't had that in quite a long time.

[Blueberry]

(Venting here since it's petty and not worth yelling about in real life)

Dear DH:

I get that you are trying to be helpful and take care of my computer - I do, and I appreciate it. However, you waited until the last 2 days before I am back in class to do this. You keep taking over my desk space and my computer while I'm trying to get what I need to do done. Right now, I need to print a shipping label which I absolutely cannot do from my iPad (in time to get things to the post office). You did the same thing last night when I was getting ready to ride the trainer (my computer is right next to the trainer), thus ensuring that I would not be able to workout (but you did workout - while I cooked your dinner - which we ate at 10PM because of your subsequent 45 minute shower). Your "just a minute" translates (to the rest of the world) as "I have no idea when I'll be done." It can be anywhere from 30 minutes to 4+ hours (I've been waiting on that shipping label for 30 mintues now).

Signed,

Too much to do and too much cabin fever

[Xrayted]

Dear special friend who has been just incredible to me. I just don't know what to say. You've joined me in a friendship, invited me to Hawaii and now have rocked my world in ways I thought were long gone by asking me to be a more intimate part of your life. I'm just smiling all over. I hope this feeling lasts because it's wonderful.

[snapdragen]

Sounds lovely X!

[azfiddle]

Dear Policeman-

Did you really have to write us a ticket for $197 because the bike rack was placed in front of our license plate? Didn't you even consider a warning or fix-it ticket?

[Owlie]

Dear Policeman-

Did you really have to write us a ticket for $197 because the bike rack was placed in front of our license plate? Didn't you even consider a warning or fix-it ticket?

I saw your other thread. I think it's a matter of not having anything better to do because there are fewer of the underage drinkers around...

[azfiddle]

Owlie- I completely agree!

[Xrayted]

Dear special friend... I'm still floating on the memories of HI and all of the fun we had there. Thank you for that much needed break and all of the adventures we found there. I can't wait to go back with you.

I know you want to take our lives together to the next level, and I do as well, but I'm still working on me in many ways, finding my ground and repairing the programming I was under for many years. I'm still working on the whole "it must be my fault because you make me feel like it is everyday with your comments and your neediness and fragile ways" thing. I started to recognize it when I was away from and then exposed to my Ex over the past few months. I'm making great strides in calming that old programming and being my happy/confident self again, the way I was before all of that was installed into my brain like a computer virus. You are a fantastic person and I want to get to know you much more and be a part of your life for a long time. But, I just need to get project Xrayted in a more complete phase so I can really give my all, because you/we deserve that. You are one of the most free, crazy, intelligent, funny, generous, loving, grounded, independent women I have ever met and that is the ultimate of sexy to me. You aren't here to save or complete me. That is my job. I will be a work in progress my whole life because that is what we are here for on this earth, to progress and learn and love others and love ourselves. I just need a bit more time to get myself to a point that I can walk into the role of your partner as an equal, as a strong woman who can give and receive, to need you but not be needy. The want is there, the desire is real, the love is blooming. The crack is in a state of repair but I'm getting closer to sealing it up. As we medical professionals know, an injury heals and is stronger than the parts around it and so I want this to heal correctly so I can be the strong woman in your life for when you need my shoulder, and to feel free to be the weak one occasion and yet be strong enough to be able to come to you when I need to. It's a delicate balance right now for me but we're talking and are learning to communicate on that level with each other... to confide, to listen, to speak our minds, to be corrected or guided in a slightly altered direction when we need it. We are on the right track.

Thank you for being a mature adult who is a kid at heart.

I love you too. <3

[OakLeaf]

Awwwwwwww, X ... that just warms my heart.

Wishing you and your special friend the best of everything!!