April’s theme for NaBloPoMo is letters. I’ve been thinking about posting some samples of emails I’ve written or received, which means I don’t have to go to the work of writing up a post, but can enjoy editing previously written material. I like to do that.
Here is what I sent to my sister after finding out that her now-husband asked her to be his girlfriend:
HELL, YES. I am so unbelievably happy for you, my
dearest of dears. I want to tell p right away. he’ll
be thrilled, too.
so, that must leave you floating on air. how cute and
awkward he is. are you gonna tell mom? last night
she lit into me about “committment” and “physical
intimacy” and expressed her disappointment that i keep
making the same mistakes over and over again. Ugh. it
was too big to tackle, but she seemed somewhat
mollified when i told her we were committed to each
other and on one else for dating as long as that
lasted, and that marriage looks fine from here,etc.
Argh. She doesn’t even make sense about what she is
hoping for.
But not to steal your thunder. If you tell, make it
soudn like there is some sort of contract between you
and that purity is high on the list.
-May ‘04