Well, knock me over with a feather. My niece sent me a thank you for coming to her graduation and for the gifts. I bought her a small white gold bracelet strung with hearts. I also bought her a book. I told her to take the bracelet away to college and whenever she is homesick to put it on and look at the hearts and remember that she is loved by many. The book was letters from famous women to their young selves and I wrote a quote on the inside dedicated just for her.
I do love her very much, and I think she is finally beginning to see that my mother, brother and myself have always steadfastly been there for her. We don't show it with money - we show it with our deeds. I think she was clouded by the divorce and is beginning to see that it takes two to make or break a relationship.
I realized upon opening her thank you that it was the first written note I have ever received from her. The thank you was heartfelt as she discussed the bracelet and what it meant and had started reading the book with fascination.
I am looking forward to writing her at college. She asked me for care packages. I thought it would be fun to write her about my life with Brian and Boonie and enclose fun goofy stuff from Brian, along with tampons, shampoo and hair products. You know, the things we always run out of in college that are a bitch to pay for.
She is going off to Colorado to study Nutrition to become a Nutritionist. She is wicked enough smart to be a Scientist or an Engineer. When i point this out to my mother, she raises one brow and says "Yes, she is a lot like you." Ok, I get it. I was a bitch and when everyone thought I would become this journalist I went off and studied marketing and moved in with Rich into our new home. No one could tell me a thing. So it is in the DNA then...?...
... I hear some faint yeses echoing in the distance...
C
