Dear Cali Chica:

And then your father criticizing you for being in a rush (when you parked in the garage, loud music playing), both of them criticizing you for running, for not being present. Your mother chasing you and then complaining you did what any living thing does when chased- run if it can. And then your father completely oblivious to what has been happening in home for decades! Not seeing his wife doing the chasing, sometimes joining her in the chase.

Happiness on a long term basis means being calm, feeling comfortable inside, to just be. Being chased makes it absolutely impossible to feel comfortable and calm here-and-now.

I mean, if you stay here, the chaser is going to get to you. Got to run.

anita