To a First Impression

Gawd, I’m a Pollyanna. I am! I’m a trusting soul and pathetically naive. But a letter I must write.

Dear First Impression,

You are like a Monet painting. From afar, you make sense. You are beautiful, and serene, and full of joy and color.

What you don't see is the pack of wolves about to pounce....

Up close, you are a blotchy, unrepentant mess, screaming for attention. As naive and well-intentioned as I am, I just can’t afford to take you at your word. I must examine you closely, looking for cracks in the veneer (Yes, I almost typed Vermeer). I never much cared for Impressionism, really. I’m more of the Modernist school. I like to know that what I’m getting is what I am seeing.

Sincerely,

Me

On Heartbreak

I thought long and hard about who broke my heart the hardest.

No one ever did. Hearts don’t break. They only crack a little. And cracks can always be mended.

Cracked, mended, and still ticking.

No, I’m not phoning it in. This has been my philosophy for a long time now. Since the jerk in high school 😉

Letter to a Brainworm

Has anyone ever had a person, place, or thing occupy a tiny area of your mind for years, laying dormant most of the time, until you are caught unaware while making a Tres Leches cake and suddenly–POOF!!!–it comes to the fore of your thought processes and interrupts your cake-making bliss to the point of making you question why in heaven’s name you need egg yolks, and how many have you added to the batter???

Yes?? ME TOO!! There have been songs, and poems, and even certain speeches that have done this, but eventually they go away. This one guy, though…. He sticks around like disco. This is my letter to him:

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!

Dear Signor Da Vinci,

“Larger than life” is an appropriate descriptor for you. Painting, sculpting, inventing were not enough. You were an engineer, an architect, excelling in mathematics and taught yourself Latin so as to be noticed by the Mathematical community. You were ahead of your time in anatomical studies, your inventions considered marvels, and your feats of engineering defy description to this day. So I have one question for you: WHY WERE YOU SO DAMN LAZY THAT YOU NEVER FINISHED ST. JEROME IN THE WILDERNESS??? That painting drives me nuts to this day!!! Oh sure…. La Gioconda is revered for it’s enigmatic smile, and The Last Supper is considered to be the foremost example of facial characterization. But why, oh why did you never finish St. Jerome?? It was the inventions, wasn’t it? The helicopter, the steam cannon, the glider, the bridge, the musical instruments??

There is one consolation in my fevered mind, though. At least I rest easy knowing you were greater than that Michealangelo dude 😉

Sincerely,

A fan

The Person I Wish I Could Be

This letter is very hard for me to write. There was a time when I wanted to be an astronaut, and fly up into the heavens and go where no man had gone before. Then came the time I wanted to be a geologist, and part of that dream is still with me. After college, I really wanted to work in a museum, not as a curator, but behind the scenes, getting things ready for exhibits, cleaning finds in a lab, etc. I left my ambition with the astronaut dream, apparently 😉

But if I had to pick someone whom I wish I could be, I would have to pick my mother. She put her life on hold to follow my dad, and to raise us, and she is the strongest woman I’ve ever known. Being an Army wife, I feel as if I am following her footsteps somewhat. She is sometimes too vinegary, and I am sometimes too weak, but I hope to find the happy medium one day.

Maybe by the time the last kidlet leaves for college 😉

 

Happy Father’s Day!!

To all the dads, may you enjoy a lazy day and be catered to like the kings you are!!

And try not to think about that cartoon too much 😉

Enjoy your day!!!

Letter to Someone From My Childhood

I was never close to any childhood friends. I had a best friend in elementary growing up in Puerto Rico, but he ended up dating my cousin and breaking her heart with another childhood friend, whose dad was good friends with my dad, and and whose brother ended up marrying yet another cousin. Am I ever glad I was gone when all that stuff went down. Twenty-five years later, the drama is still going on. As for childhood friends here, I am still in touch with a few. Some have passed away, and others don’t have an internet life. But there is one friend that has been with me since I first saw him at the age of 8:

Dear Snoopy,

I love you, and don’t ever change 😉

Love,

Me

 

To Someone Far Away

This letter is to someone who is in a different state or country. Yes, Hubby qualifies!! No, I’m not writing about him again. I thought of going in a more mundane direction in an attempt to keep my five readers entertained.

To Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II,

I love your hats. I love the fact that you got a ticket for speeding while driving your Jag. I love how you aren’t afraid of eating from a plate on your lap. I love how you like gin, and aren’t afraid to drink it in front of people. I love how you stoically hold the country together, and how endearing you look when Prince Phillip makes a blunt statement.

Hat, purse, Corgis, and Canada!!

You have been oil on troubled waters, and I pray that you live for many, many years, mostly because I fear for England with your idiot son on the throne. But most of all, I love the fact that you are a sucker for dogs. Just how many corgis do you have??

Sincerely,

A Subject That Never Was 🙂

Letter to the One I Miss Most

Oh, for goodness’ sake…

Dear Hubby,

I miss you so, more each day. I wish you were here to take care of the lawn and the bikes and your car. I wish you were here playing Call of Duty Doing Modern Warfare During World at War with Black Ops while Reaching Halos. I wish you were here to play with the dogs. I wish you were here to drive the kids crazy. I wish you were here so I could bring you tea in bed.

Is it selfish of me to want Egypt to back out of the treaty and for Israel to bomb them back to the Stone Age so you can come home early from your deployment??

Love,

Me

Letter to Someone From Whom I Drifted

I tried several times to write this letter, but honestly, I can’t. There have been a lot of people that have drifted from me, and in return, I have drifted away from a lot of people. It’s normal and it happens. A few times I have tried to touch base again with people I haven’t seen in years, only to find that there is not much in common between us, or that what we did have in common was shunned in favor of moving on. A few times I have been rebuffed in my attempts to capture back a friendship. In those cases, I am happy to have drifted. In few cases, not so much.

It may be selfish and rude, but drifting away has helped me to grow in different ways. It’s not always a bad thing, I guess 🙂

A Letter Asking Forgiveness

A few months ago, a blog I used to frequent had a dust-up over the banning of a frequent commenter. Stuff like that happens, of course, but what really set some people off, myself included, was the banning of one individual by another, without benefit of a vote or even a consensus, in a blog that had established no rules for conduct. Consequently some things were said by certain parties. I may not have said them first, but I agreed, and chose a side. This letter is to those who, like myself, were caught in the crossfire.

Dear people,

I’m sorry for any conflict I may have caused, either directly or indirectly. I’m sorry you felt the need to tip-toe around the conflict. I am not one who deliberately sets out to poke with a cattle prod, but I couldn’t in good conscience keep quiet about my opinions. If I feel something was handled in the wrong way, I will say it. If I feel some are acting childishly and circling wagons, I will say that, too. But if you felt that I passed judgment on you for whatever reason, then I am truly sorry, for that was never my intent. Being ignored and defriended has taught me who has thin skin, and who can take the blows.

It has also taught me the value of true friends.

Sincerely,

Me