Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 5:18:38 AM Dear Mrs. Landlord, It finally dawns on me that possibly, just possibly, I never hear a response from you to my written requests for one, because you never see what I write to you.
I can’t say that passes my inner truth test, wherein I ask myself “is that true”, and wait and listen for the inner voice to respond, but were I to be sworn in court, I would,
however grudgingly, have to confess that I concede it is possible. I will now follow up on that possibility by letting you know that you may read all these items in their entirety,
should you ever choose to do so, simply by asking me for a copy; but for now, I shall post excerpts as reminders of how I have sought before, in written request, to know your side of an event or incident I may have misunderstood.
--------from Tuesday, September 26, 2000, 3:03 AM, Dear G, As you can see by the time, I must be “disturbed” to be writing this letter. I am. You are a much more sensitive man than most I’ve encountered and I don’t want to hurt your feelings. I recognize you have afforded me many kindnesses which I could not expect at just any person’s hand, let alone someone whose relation is no more personal than ours. I do appreciate them and than you for them even though I’ve made no special effort to do so.
-------I’m sure I seem quite the recluse to you and your family. You never knew me before my coming here so I understand you would have nothing but my behavior here to base any judgment on. Most of my life I’ve actually been quite gregarious, surrounded by family and friends and more goings on than, come to find out, sanity allowed. My life was very full. Full of people, full of work--lots and lots and lots of it, and full of things. I had a new car every two to three years. I lived across from a home that sold three times while we lived there for a range of 1.2 to 2.8 to 3.1 million, (ours was considerably more modest-definitely the bottom end of the subdivision across from the high end, you might say), we had the pool, the citrus trees, the riding lawn mower, the acre, the trampoline, the three and a half car garage, the works. Even after I divorced my attorney husband of
nineteen years,
basically leaving all behind for the privilege of being allowed to go, I was still able to have my own home, (after a year of renting). I had a decent care, new Nissan Sentra. I’ve raised two kids and run many businesses. Must all sound pretty unbelievable to you. I tell you this because I don’t fool myself that it looks to you as though I pretty much have a bunch of nothing. I couldn’t begin to tell you the things I’ve lost, BUT I’ve still managed to cart around with me enough to fill 900 square feet and some.
Why? To help me sort out who I am, who I’ve been and who I want to be from here. I know I have a lot yet I need to rid myself of. Of course it looks like junk to anyone outside of me.