Dear Savanah:

Your letter reads good to me except the part I don’t see in it, the one I suggested that you express to him that you want to be that calm, dependable, consistent presence in his life, behaving respectfully toward each other (at all times).

I can understand you not wanting to be in the presence of an angry, abusive person and strongly believe you should not make yourself available to mistreatment. The part of the message I repeated here, that is about you offering him the same as you expect from him, consistent, dependable calm and respect.

anita