Family
Dearest; Joan Lilly New-belt
Dearest Joan Lilly New-belt; Good day, Mrs New-belt you will not know me. I am struggling with my wording, feeling some insecurities atm (at the moment). I am sure, I will try to do my best. Hoping, that within what I state that you can acknowledge this letter. In return of you being intrigued enough to want to get to know me.
By Barbara Reno4 years ago in Confessions
The $5 Shoes
Dear Mom, I know how much you look forward to receiving letters in the mail, but that's not the only reason I'm writing to you today. See, Mom, I think it's time to let you know who I really am. I'm not your good little girl anymore, Mom, and now it's time to come clean.
By Denise Willis4 years ago in Confessions
A Letter Not Delivered
May 5th, 2022 A letter not delivered. Dear Momther, That was the name I always called you when I was in a particularly good mood. It was also the name of your contact in my phone. You would laugh and ask me where it came from or how I came up with it, but the truth is, I didn’t know. It was just one of those silly words I’d come up with sometimes. Just a combination of “mom” and “mother. But it was always an indication that times were good when I used it. I wonder if you noticed that I had stopped using it after a while.
By Karlie Steadman 4 years ago in Confessions
Dear Grandma
Dear Grandma, I know I was never able to tell you these things when I was younger. Now I’ll never have the chance. In my heart there is a spot that no one can fill. You raised me with kindness and love. You were always there to help me day in and day out. Born Nineteen Twenty Three and Seventy Four years old when I came into this world. It surprises me. The world we live in is a far to evil place. We are constantly surrounded by suffering. You could have easily chosen to live alone and live the rest of your life in peace withou having to raise another child but instead you chose love. You chose to teach me morals and values. You chose to be a family. There’s will never be enough gratitude in the world for me to able to give to you for what you have done in my life. Your words and teachings carry on with me everyday of my life. It’s absolutely astounding to me. Without you I don’t know how far I’d be able to make it or how far I’d be willing to go. You helped light a fire under me and taught me that it’s okay to not have tons of friends. It’s okay for people to not like you as long as you like yourself and I love being me. With all my flaws and imperfections you would think I probably hate myself like most of the world does but you helped create an honest young man who is ready to stand up to whatever challenge he may face. You fill my life with courage and grace. Without you there wouldn’t be the Joseph that I look into the mirror and see everyday. I don’t know how I would of been able to get through this life without the knowledge and lessons you were able to teach me. Seventeen years is not nearly long enough time to have spent with you. During that time you were able to do so much for me. You took me to every last one of my baseball games and each and every practice. That’s not including all the other sports and events that went along with them. You were my rock through the hurricane. I remember my mom coming over and telling me that one day I’m going to live with her. She would always tell me that when she would come to visit. I liked my mom but I wasn’t absolutely fond of her. I remember sitting in the front seat while she was taking us to park or something like that and she was smoking a cigarette. Such a foul smell. No one else in my family around me smoked at the time and it was terrible. I never wanted to live with her. I never wanted to know what it was like to be away from the one person who truly loved me. Especially to go live with someone I barely know and can already sense a feeling of immaturity from. There was a song on the radio that I was singing. I had no clue what it meant but she had yelled at me for singing it saying it was a nasty song. It really made me take a step back. I was confused. I didn’t understand why I was being yelled at over music. Come to find out later on in life that the song was speaking about something a little inappropriate and that most music nowadays is. But there are ways to tell your children a song is inappropriate with out snapping at them. Especially when they don’t even know what it is yet and obviously don’t fully understand the concepts of what is being said. I can’t imagine having to actually live with my mother during my childhood. I have two brothers and one sister. Isaiah, Gavin, and Eliana. Isaiah is my full brother. We have the same dad and we’re born 4 years apart although my parents never were married and were off and on during the time. Eliana came another four years after Isaiah but she has a different father I don’t know his name. Then came Gavin 5 years later whos fathers name is dornell. None of them play sports. None of them know how to play an instrument. They never were able to receive from my mom what I received from my grandma. They never got to go to practice with all their friends. they never got the feeling of being a part of something greater. Apart of a team. I think it’s a huge dynamic of our lives. Every where you go in life people work together as teams and to not have that in your life at a young age makes it difficult in the adult world to be apart of the workforce because most jobs usually have their employees work as a team. My grandma was the most influential player on my team. Their is nothing not valuable to the lesson of self love that I learned from her. It hurts me to know that my siblings had to grow up with out the same influences I had as a young child. It makes me value and cherish things that much more. I wish I was able to tell her how much it had affected me in the life that I live now. All I want to do now is pass on the knowledge and love my grandmother gave to me. Every last teaching and saying. I remember her telling me if someone doesn’t like you and they make fun of you and say you’re not a human being tell them thank you god bless you and have a nice day. To turn the other cheek. Not all actions need a reaction. I wish I was able to tell her that she is the reason why I believe so much in myself. Why I have so much faith. The reason I will never give up. I love you grandma may your soul rest with the angels in heaving forever. In loving memory to francisca. 1923-2020
By Joseph and Cheyann Vasquez4 years ago in Confessions
Ring around the Rosie
Dear mom, I know we haven't seen each other for almost a year; I do miss you dearly. I know you've been stuck in quarantine after getting a positive on the covid test, and I want to feel like you are doing well, mom. After all, the deaths due to covid-19 are only increasing. However, the number of parties you have gone to during this time convinces me otherwise. Either you don't want to be a part of my life anymore, or you are lying to the partygoers that everything is fine. So in honor of you being mischievous, I want to confess a little bit about myself to, let's just say, inspire you to do the same.
By Sage Quisenberry4 years ago in Confessions
Why I didn't Run Away when I was Young
So, There's been something I've been hiding from you mum. When I was 12, I attempted to run away from home. I tried to run because I wasn't happy with my life. I just wanted to live somewhere else, Hide somewhere where nobody would find me.
By JinxyPinky 4 years ago in Confessions
Confessions of a confused and changing daughter
Hey Mum, So I know you're not expecting this, but I have a confession to make. Remember that time when I was like 5 and you were serving dinner - mashed potato with butter, sausages and some veggies - and you found one of the sausages in the tray was partially eaten and left in the tray with the rest of the food?
By Ash Digest4 years ago in Confessions
Between Phone Calls. Top Story - May 2022.
Dear Mom, If I’d only had the capacity to understand then, 25 years ago, what I know now we would have been closer. After my sister was born I felt obsolete. Whether that was fair or not really wasn't relevant. I was eleven and an only child until she arrived. From my young point of view she took all of your time away from me. I was lonely.
By Jo Mcvay4 years ago in Confessions
Dear Mother, You're a bad parent!
Dear Mother, Today is mother's day and instead of giving you a beautiful card with meaningful words I turned it into a bad parent card. This was 3 years ago and we have never spoken about this card. I was very angry for being emotionally manipulated into buying a house and living with you and the rest of the family until I turned 40. And the only reason that situation changed is because I married a very caring and supportive husband. You know they guy you said looked like bad news. At a younger age I craved your approval and understanding but you've never given me your approval on judged my choices at every turn. By emotionally manipulating me you held me back and kept me from becoming a healthy adult in the time span I was supposed to. Instead I'm now 40 and living on my own for the very first time. You actively held me back because you didn't believe I could handle my responsibilities yet I was expected to be responsible for all of you at the house and the finances. While I made myself very responsible at the age of 15 I still have no idea how to run a household because you always took the wheel. You did me a great disservice by holding me back. And yes you did get to be close to your grandchildren but they weren't your only ones and I wasn't your only child. Why did you make me buy this awful house and stay with you for so long. Did you really need my money or did you truly believe I couldn't or wouldn't take care of my son? I do hope your motivation was money because the other is hypocrisy. You can't tell me I'm not allowed to move out with my child or you won't help me when you did it for both my brother and sister and simultaneously made me responsible for your finances through my career. Why were they treated better in this way? I know you don't always agree with me or like my life choices but lately you've been keeping your opinion to yourself and I like it that way. You've helped us when we needed it and continue to do so but you were pretty angry when we asked you to move out after waiting for 2 straight years and hearing, the apartment is almost done. I respect you just because you are my mother so I've chosen to not be "that B" according to my daughter and forgive you. I will never forget but there is no reason for me to hold on to the anger and sulk. At some point in the time of those last few years I no longer craved your approval for my choices and stopped taking your actions personal. I even enjoy our frequent shopping trips and visits now that we aren't stuck in this pickle. While I may never know your motivation for the way you manipulated me I do know that you love me unconditionally and that is something you don't' throw away. I may not always agree with you or even like you on days but I will always love and respect you and make a big deal about how hard you work and all that you sacrificed for my family. Maybe you weren't a bad parent and just didn't know how to be with me due to how difficult I could be or demanding. You too were young when you had me. I do know you should never be jealous of the relationship I have with dad. I can't help that we connect like we do and enjoy each others company. He's your husband and my father, he should be free to be both instead of worrying about you and your jealous actions. You can deny it all you want but I know you are jealous of me and it just doesn't make sense to me. I'm your daughter too. That concludes the big confession of my feelings for you. Turns out I love and respect you and don't' want us to be at odds so forgave you for everything you ever did to me. I want my mom to be in my life like she is now. I look forward to our shopping trip this Friday.
By Christy Bang4 years ago in Confessions
