This is the index and intro to one of the core categories of the website and the one that ties to the tagline of the site “Letters From The Inside”. Since those letters are to my parents and my mom is the consistent letter writer to myself and some of the friends I’ve made here so I’m calling this category, “Dear Mom”. what follows here is a chronological listing of a monthly compilation of excerpts Mom has taken from the letters I write.
Dear Mom – Aug 2018
“Mom, I know that you are probably stressed out about me being over here and away from Pie, my friends, my job and everything. But don’t worry too much, it’s fine. I’m very adaptable - I’ve gotten much better at calmly dealing with stressful situations. I feel I have handled this whole thing with the ticket very well, with grace and maturity (except my comment to the Sgt asking him if he felt important! But nobody is perfect. Baby steps. LOL!) ...
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Dear Mom – Jul 2018
Now moved to Cruz Yard!! “There’s nothing to do here but read and sleep and it’s kinda’ starting to get me depressed, which is hard to do really. I’m sure once the summer heat ebbs a bit it won’t be as bad, but it’s so miserable to even leave my room that I don’t go to eat meals. It like 110 degrees in the chow hall and they have to get so many people fed it’s like boot camp- get in, eat fast, and get out. It’s just too stressful, I’d rather not go at all.” ...
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Dear Mom – Jun 2018
“Questions again…Which celebrity would I want to meet? Well, it’s actually a family- I would want to have dinner with the Duck Dynasty Family. They are so cool and Uncle Si is so stinking hilarious! Somebody dead- I think maybe Benjamin Franklin or Mark Twain. Shakespeare would be cool. I wonder if he talks in iambic pentameter? Ha!” ...
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Dear Mom – May 2018
“Food visit was so great! I can’t wait til Father’s Day visit- I’m not going to eat for a week before! Haha. I just finished teaching a piano lesson. Megan is doing pretty well, all she wants to do is play Fur Elise though, lol. I miss a real piano though, keyboards suck.” ...
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