Dear Nick:

Thank you for your words of appreciation and kindness.

You bring up a good point: it is possible that these incidents bothered you more looking back at them from a later point, with other influences happening since, but not so much at the time they happened. Also, your mother’s input later on, to your sister, and the cultural perspective makes me feel more comfortable with her intentions in making comment #1 and #2, and leads me to think that a talk with her will not be helpful.

I need to be away from the computer for abut 7-8 hours. Will be back to re-read your posts and reply further. If you’d like to add anything before then, anything you think may be relevant, please do.

anita