Dear Joanna:

I took some time reading your original post of Oct 15, 2017 (at age 31), and our most recent communication of April 2018. My goodness! In my last posts to you I was quite emotional. It was very difficult for me to endure reading about your tortured life with your mother, particularly because it reminded me of my tortured life with my mother. I didn’t have the emotional strength to keep reading about your life with her. In your yesterday post, more than 4 years and 7 months after your last post, you apologized, but you have nothing to apologize for: you didn’t wrong me and you were not disrespectful to me. I appreciate that you know though, that it was indeed hard for me to communicate with you at the time.

I think that I am stronger now, Joanna, and that I can read about your struggles again, no matter what your struggles are, including your struggles in regard to your mother. If it becomes too much for me, I will let you know and we can find a solution to it (maybe not talk about a particular topic). But for now: how is your diabetes, insomnia, other health problems? Any updates in regard to that guy Tom, your mother… ?

anita