Dear Anita,

Sometimes I feel bad that my mom had to send me to camp one summer, because she didnt know what I would do at home all summer – that I would get bored and lonely. She says how the camp was such a great one and so expensive – but a good idea because I had company and went everyday.  It was a good camp, we did so many activities like swimming.

I know my mom likes it when I am home too, because I give her company, we talk, and I sit with her when she is in the kitchen.  We go to the mall and library and other places.

Sometimes she is happy when my good friends come over, because it makes the atmosphere more lively.

You know Anita, there is this saying she always says about me – like something like “I bring life and laughter into the house”

That without me – the house is quiet and cold, but when I am there, “it is full of life” that I bring the “good energy”

She always says this about me, to my dad, and to others.  And if I am gone for a few days or something – she says it

you know Anita – I bring life and laughter into the house, and into her life.