Family
Secrets Revealed
Mother, I want to first apologize for my lack of communication. Your death broke me but your secrets lifted me up. The last 2 years of your life, we got closer than we had ever been. Every day, I awaited the ringing of the phone around 10 AM every morning. I cherished those talks. We talked about our own experiences, as girls, women, children, wives and mothers. I finally saw you as more than a mother. You became my best friend. I loved that time.
By Jimmie Lee Staley4 years ago in Confessions
Dear Mom, I must confess...
There's something that's been weighing on me. This challenge has let me know it's time to let it out. Since the day that I was born, I've been compared. I've compared to my twin, I've been compared to Dad, I've been compared to my brother, I've been compared to you. How do I explain, the deeply rooted hurt that lies beneath. The comparison to you, by me, to me-- it hurts.
By regina4 years ago in Confessions
mom, I know
Mom, I know I know we’re not technically the “I love you” family but as an adult myself it's getting harder to hold the words back. It's really hard to keep saying “God bless you” when I really want to say “I love you”. So I'm going to say it in this letter…
By ghost particle4 years ago in Confessions
I want to See You, Mom
Dear mom, I hope you are well without me. I don't want to bother you. So maybe I'm running to an unknown destination. Never been your favorite son. I didn't grow up the way you wanted me to. I'm a mobster. And no one loves the mobster. Even a mother does not love her mobster child. But I am not as bad as you think, Mom. Your son did not have such a bad character. I needed money.
By Mehedi Hasan Shawon4 years ago in Confessions
Watercolor Memories of Mom
Dear Mom, This summer marks an unfathomable thirty-six years since you died. Sometimes it’s difficult for me to even wrap my head around the idea that I’m old enough to have been alive for thirty-six years, yet next week will mark my 52nd birthday. I have spent more than two-thirds of my lifetime without you.
By Allison Rice4 years ago in Confessions
Dear, Lisa
Dear Lisa, I would use ‘Mom’, but for the purpose of remaining truthful in this letter I will stick with your name. You are my mother, don’t get me wrong, that fact has never altered in my mind or in life. Even so, I feel it necessary to refer to you as more of a woman than my mother. As a woman, to a woman, I address the distance I have felt between us since I could comprehend the invisible barrier. That sense of disconnection when we speak; when an opinion is given and true understanding is not met; keeps me from addressing you in my heart's letter as my mother.
By Natasha Gallant4 years ago in Confessions
Things Untold
Dear Mom, There’s a lot I’ve never said to you. A lot that I probably never will say to you. Time and endless repetition has taught me that there’s not much for me to say that you’ll hear. So I’ll write this instead. I’ll cast these words to the wind through fire and hope that some day you understand them, even if you’ll never hear them from my lips or read them from my pages.
By Brynn Locke4 years ago in Confessions
Madre Mía
Hi Ma, I know you think you know what I think of you, and honestly, you don't. Sometimes my honest words come out with the intention of piercing your soul when I haven't furthered my understanding of the depth you contain. Pretty unfair of me to think I can make an impact on you, touch your heart, so to speak, when I haven't made the effort to thoroughly get to know you.
By Soulful Jenn4 years ago in Confessions
Mother's Day Confessions
Dear Mom, Mother, by the time you receive this, Mother’s Day will have come and gone, so first I apologize for the late arrival of this gift to you but hey, you know me, I’m quite the procrastinator so let’s just blame that on my ability to wander off into my own wondrous imaginary world known as the scattered brain of Camri Steele-Stone. Plus, you yourself are quite the procrastinator so if we’re to blame anyone, technically, it should be you because I’ve done nothing but observe and adopt your behaviors while young. The subconscious is very impressionable during the adolescent stages, lol, I’m only kidding mom, I just like to burst your bubble sometimes! Besides all that, I hope all is well. How are things at the clinic? School? Valerie still talking smack? Lol, when you write back don’t hold out on any information, I wanna know it all. I kinda miss our drama filled talks, I don’t really do much gossiping these days.
By CamThePoet4 years ago in Confessions
Confessions to My Mom
Dear Mom, I don't really know where to begin. Last year, you told me about your neighbor's anger that her mother had sold you her house. You described, in detail, the tears coming down the woman's face as she saw her inheritance turned over to a stranger. You told me you didn't want me living in that resentment. You didn't want me spreading stories of your betrayal to whoever you sold the house to. "I don't want anything like that between us," you said, "you'll tell me if you have a problem, right?" And I told you I would. But, like I said... I don't know where to begin.
By Molly Marjorie4 years ago in Confessions
