moms
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February 7th, 1985 Mommy, I do not know how to tell you this but I think you should know that dad has started dating ALREADY. He is going to dances and coffees with OTHER women. I don’t even know what that means – ‘coffees’. He says you two talked about it and he didn’t want…
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January 12th, 1985 Mom, Dad is really angry all the time now. I can’t sleep in case he storms in to wake me up to give me heck for doing something or not even doing something that I did not even know I was/wasn’t supposed to do. It might be small like a D on…
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October 10th, 1984 Mommy, Today I turned eleven years old. It was so weird not celebrating with you. That smile you get when we open presents that you picked out to really surprise us. The big house parties. The games. We just went to the local restaurant that we used to go a lot with…
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August 31, 1984 Dear Mom, It has been a couple of weeks since your funeral and things are very different here. School is about to start. I wish you were here to help pick out my school clothes. Dad just told us to get what we need. You always got us the pretty stuff. Today…
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August 20th, 1984 Dear Mommy, It’s been five days since you went to heaven. Very weird to think last week you were having lunch with us in your hospital room. Tonight we had to pick out our outfits to wear at your funeral tomorrow. You are supposed to wear black but you never bought us…
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August 15th, 1984 Dear Mommy, When we were watching the Facts Of Life Daddy showed up at Grandma and Grandpa’s. He was supposed to be at work. He sat us on the couch and said you died and went to heaven. Katie asked what that meant and he said that you died like our dog…
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August 6th, 1984 Dear Mommy, Summer is almost done. When are you coming home? The hospital must be soo boring. We only get to see you a couple of times a week. Grandma says you are still sick. Please get better fast. I have to get my braces soon. I don’t want to get them…
Danielle Christopher 