Reply ID: 6 u h v

Feb. 11, 2018

Dear Rita,

Hello my friend, how are you? I hope well. I received your comments and thank you so very much for the $20, I am able to call my dad as often as I want to now. I try to call him twice a week now but some days he is just too sick to answer the phone. We have 4 new puppies here, all yellow labs and they have 2 boys and 2 girls named Chuckie, Papi, Liz and Nahoa. My friend Tom has Nahoa. She likes to chew on EVERYTHING (: She is adorable, they all are. I'm sorry I haven't responded in so long, I've been depressed since my mom died and I do have some good days but most days are not good. I was thinking of you and tennis at the same time and my favorite tennis player is from Belgium, Justine Henin. She was tiny but very good. So how has your new year started off for you? I hope great. Are you hearing from George? I hope so. I know how important it is to have good people in our lives. My brother wrote me and asked me to forgive him but I just don't know. He stole my last chance to ever see my mom again and he treated me like shit for a year and now he wants forgiveness, I'm angry, I'm hurt, I'm not ready to forgive and forget today. I grieve my mother and it seems like everyone else has moved on in their lives. I only speak to my dad, my great aunt Mary and my little daughter, she might be 20 now but I tease her because she is short. I have been working, going to my programs, I play with the puppies almost every day, not for long but it is the highlight of my day. Only time I laugh or smile anymore is when I am talking to my daughter. She is such a good kid, she deserves to have a father who is there for her helping her, protecting her, she doesn't deserve to be hurt by men. I wish I could find her a place to live and give her a normal life. She lives in a shit city called Cleveland. I wish she would be able to get out of there. Well my friend, I am not feeling like writing today but I needed to get a short note in the mail to you so you know all is ok. Not great but ok. Take very good care of yourself and I do hope your George comes home to you this year. I used to have a good friend in Tilburg, do u know that area? She is still there but we lost touch. Good bye for now amica mia, ciao.

PS: sorry, the letter "I" broke on my machine.