Letter #31

Hi Dad,


I figured out why my brother is being a jerk.  He told me.  He has a good reason.  Of course, that doesn't excuse bad behavior.  Sigh.

Mom had tummy troubles today, but she seems alright now.  She's reading a David Baldacci novel and it looks like she's almost done.  She reads a lot.  She has a lead on a job.  I hope it works out for her.

We went to town today to pick up Chris' pills and go to the bread store. We also hit McDonald's on the way out.  I came home and took a long nap.  We had cornbread, corn and leftover Beans & Weenies for dinner.   It was pretty good, especially the cornbread and no one got in an argument.  Yay!

I got some quilling supplies in the mail.  I just got a couple samplers of quilling papers and a tool to curl the paper with.  I did this when I was in elementary school.  Do you remember that?  So I basically know how to do quilling.  I have some ideas too on what I could do.

Here's the second set of postcards I made.  I haven't sent these off yet, need more stamps for that.  Front and back:

I'm still adding layers of Mod-Podge to the postcards in the garage.  I want to make sure the glitter doesn't come off.

from "Beautiful You":

Day 3:  Consider How You Feel About Yourself

"How do you feel about yourself?  Why is that the case?  What will a healthy sense of self and a healthy life give you?

This is how I answered:

Some days I feel good about myself, some days not so good.  I have strong areas, like writing and creativity and not so strong areas, like work and love relationships.  I feel good that my body can do so many things.  I don't feel good about my health issues, on the whole.  Overall, my self-esteem is kind of low.  Considering the things that have happened in my life I'm doing really well.  But I could do better and feel better, I know it.

I'd say the pressures of society to conform and be just like everyone else have contributed to these feelings.  Also, my upbringing.  Mom is still not satisfied with her weight or looks.  Also, I used to devour fashion magazines from when I was 10 until my 20s.  I still look at them sometimes.  They have all those air-brushed models and articles on losing weight, etc.

I think if I had a healthy sense of self and a healthy life I would have more confidence and be able to meet life's challenges more easily.

That's about it for today.

Sleep well...

LOVE

Anne