Dear Anita,

wow just wow. First of all I must say I am impressed with my writing! As in my communication about my feelings. This was all during a time in which I was much more frenzied and someways, yet I was able to adequately describe my feelings, it gives me a pat on the back about the progress that I have had on my journey. I don’t usually like to give myself such credit, but today, this morning I will. I think it is warranted. I want to say I look forward to what you end up writing about “fully asserting”  You did a great job explaining why I had difficulty fully asserting myself with my mother, and now with my sister. I wonder what’s more

Next, I would like to hear what else you have to say about this or to add on/retype— and then respond fully. the reason is that I want to take some time to think about it before writing anything more. there are a few different thoughts rolling around in my head. I’m going to take a 15 minute walk and let those thoughts settle, and come back and start typing my response. I will then read your response whenever it is, and then continue in mine. Ensuring that I jot stuff down now first as well – first initial thoughts on paper. How about that?