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Dear Mom,By Jonelle-Elise copyright 2011
I wrote to Dad, I know he's been gone for years.
It just seemed easier that way. It's not quite that easy with you. You're still here; actually you're right here under my roof!
That doesn't seem to matter.
You're my Mom.
That seems to carry more weight than it should.
I'm your caretaker now.
I know you don't like that;
Neither do I.
I'm not sure I can handle it.
I've been so stressed out by so many things lately; taking care of my own needs has been put on the bottom of the list.
I'm your daughter.
I always have been.
I always will be.
You never knew that. You might've suspected that I was 'different'.
I always knew.
I hope you can deal with this.
I'm not sure I can.
I Love You Mom.
Jonelle-Elise
Comments
I just love your writing
...so honest and sincere, vulnerable and innocent. Thank you.
Dio vi benedica tutti
Con grande amore e di affetto
Andrea Lena
Love, Andrea Lena
i can only agree.
a powerful punch in a short piece. hugs hon.
"Treat everyone you meet as though they had a sign on them that said "Fragile, under construction"
dorothycolleen
Yep
Barely more than a drabble, but it speaks volumes. Bittersweet & real...
~~~hugs, Laika
.
(I thought about one, a despised father showing up on a transwoman's doorstep,
with nowhere else to go, his life and his health and his finances in shambles...
And all the revenge fantasies she ever harbored or how she'd tell him F-off go right
out the window, as she suddenly realizes she WILL take him in, and WON'T mistreat him;
because as hard as he'd tried he'd failed to make her the kind of person he was.)
And remember...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifLqzLEB3E0
Jonelle,
ALISON
'sweet and to the point.
ALISON
Very nice!
I like how you captured the love. I love you, too!
Wren
Dear Mom,
Short and to the point.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
Very precious.
I have faith that one day there will come a time when all people, all sexual orientations and sexual identities will be accepted without reservation. This is a wonderful letter, and it says so much between the lines as it does in the lines. Thank you for sharing.
"With confidence and forbearance, we will have the strength to move forward."
Love & hugs,
Barbara
"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I have the right to be."
"With confidence and forbearance, we will have the strength to move forward."
Love & hugs,
Barbara
"If I have to be this girl in me, Then I have the right to be."
A very nice short story
A very nice short story wrapped up in a letter that expresses it all. Lovely.