Letter #2

Hi Dad,

I didn't forget.  In some ways, this year is worse than the others.  It's not that I miss you more.  It's just, I can't handle stress the way I used to.  I just want to hide under the covers.

Like Mom said, chocolate cookies were your favorite.  Mine too.  So in honor of both of us, guess what I made today.

This was a  Better Homes & Gardens recipe.  They turned out well. 

I bet your wondering what I'm doing, stitching a cross-stitch design for B., seeing he's my ex and all.  Making a gift for someone is a great way to work out your feelings for them.  Can you believe this is a "beginner" design.  Makes you wonder.  Takes me about an hour to do one 10 x 10 square, that's 100 stitches.  I'm not done yet.  I'm not sure of my feelings for B.  Maybe I'll know when I'm done.  What do you think?  Here's my progress:

Well, that's about it for today.  We had pizza for dinner and canned mangoes for dessert.  We all sort of got into an argument about nothing.  Nobody yelled or anything.  Just that noisy grief called "getting on with your life."

LOVE

Anne