dear mama to the west,
truly concerned friends come bearing tweezers…
you’re a truly good friend!
very sincerely,
me
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it seems rather unfortunate, really…
that my body should more and more act like you…
while my face ever-still insists on acting like a teenager!
very sincerely,
me
dear gramma zelma,
i kept getting the sense that you were standing right there behind me while i scrubbed those dinner dishes tonight…
but it was only an occasional breeze carrying a here and there whiff of those little pungent pink roses perched on the sill…
your scent…
kinda ironic…since your advice to me when i married that “tall drink of water” was to “never leave dishes in the sink overnight…they’ll always be right there waiting for you in the morning!”
just between you and me…
i haven’t exactly been all that faithful in following your advice…exactly…
but i got those dishes done tonight!
and i loved having the scents of you all the while…
very sincerely,
me
p.s.
my favorite “just married” picture…of you and the man you’ve faithfully washed dishes for…for 73 years!
dear belly, bat wings and bum…but mostly belly,
i want that when i say “no, thank you” to something lovely-delicious with “this-so-many” calories, you three congratulate me by immediately divvying up those-so-many calories (with the lion’s share going to you, belly) and just-like-that burning them all up.
that’s what i want…
very sincerely,
me
dear laundry room,
oh my…
i’m ever so…very…sorry!
but there was a river…
and silty-sand…
and a forever-shaking-off-right-next-to-you dog…
and a campfire…
and ooey…so gooey…s’mores…
and mud…
and juicy apples straight off the tree…
times 8…
plus me!
very sincerely,
me
dear mama to the west,
someone else was inexplicably drawn by happy squeals…
someone else…longing to join in…tentatively set out…
someone else…dreaming big, summery dreams…
only to be stopped…
just short…
…by that big fence!
oh, these poor pathetic children!
so, so close…
and yet…so…so…far!
very sincerely,
me
dear miss christa,
as we posed…and you peered through…you said, “no one makes her laugh like you do, jason!”
oh, how very…oh-so-very…true!
these past 20 years have been full…
some climbing up mountains…some limping through valleys…
but all the way through…still and forever…he makes me laugh…
like no one else…
thank you, dear christa…especially…for these…
very sincerely,
me
dear mr. and mrs. lion, tiger and coiled up orange snake,
very sincerely,
me
– hannah’s image
dear mr. collins,
i sure do love your music!
‘cept at 3:in-the-wee-hours…
when my brain won’t stop singin’…
“su-su-sudio!
whoooooah!
everybody say the word!
oooooh…
su-su-sudio!
oooooh!
oh! oh!”
yeah…
not so in love with that…
very sincerely,
me
dear outside,
oh my goodness…
how he loves you!
love…
…love…
…loves you!
head for inside…and, oh, the tears!
nope…it’s you, outside…
it’s you he loves!
very sincerely,
me