dear Anita,

What else? Where else?

Hmm lets see…

Well often it may involve my sister.  I may bring my sister along with me to my friends house so my sister is not lonely at home.  My mom says its good to involve my sister so that she has company too.  Since I have a lot of friends (I am now speaking as an adolescent) then my sister can also enjoy.

My mom likes to go on vacations a lot, so she will get excited to plan one – so we will talk about that.  But then sometimes she gets stressed out from planning – saying she does everything!!!

Sometimes during summer vacation I feel like I should stay at home to spend more time with my mom, if she is lonely – if I have been at different friends all weekend.  But also at the same time – it makes my mom happy if I did that.  She always says kids should be out of the house playing and enjoying company, not sitting at home all day.