Dear Joan:

I didn’t mention it before, so I will now: congratulations for going to college and getting off welfare, and for providing a home, food, clothing and medical care for your children, now adult.

I am glad you didn’t share your traumatic life experiences with your daughter when she was a child.

You wrote that 20% at the most, you were “not perfect, and made regretful choices – would you like to elaborate on these regretful choices?

anita