Dear Baby

8 Apr 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

At this point in my life, you are nonexistent. I can’t say that I don’t think about you, because that would be a lie. I can’t say that I haven’t thought about you for years, either, because that would also be a lie. I’ve thought about you before it was even physically possible to have you.

Author’s Note

31 Jan 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’m learning this all one step at a time, just like everybody else. I make tons of mistakes—more than I’d like to admit.

An Open Letter To My Dad

8 Nov 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

Hey Dad, You know, I sometimes wonder if you still read my blog after that one time you decided to go through it. You were so persistent to find something about you, and I felt bad, because I didn’t really talk about you. Not because you don’t play a big role in my life, but because I […]

An Open Letter To My Mom

7 Nov 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

I think that we have established that our relationship is an interesting one. As a baby, or even a child, I couldn’t tell if I was a Daddy’s or a Momma’s Girl—but if I had to guess, I was probably an Oma’s Girl. I don’t have too many memories of you from my baby years, which is totally ridiculous, since you’ve always been present.

An Open Letter To My Big Sister

17 Oct 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

Hey Jo. You probably saw this post and thought, “well, it’s about time!” And I don’t blame you for that. I kind of made your letter last on purpose, because I knew that you are actually going to read yours. So I guess I’m kind of a sadist.

An Open Letter To My Big Brother

16 Oct 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

If I’m going to be honest, these letters are getting harder to write. It was so easy to put down what I wanted to say to Cait and Heinrich because they’re teenagers, and I see them every day, so I know them really well as people. Brianna’s was the first hard letter to write because there’s a lot that I want to say to her, but there is also a lot that I can’t necessarily put out there for the public eye to see. Your letter—I am already one-hundred-percent sure of this, and I still have to write Joanne’s—is going to be the hardest one I have to write.

An Open Letter To My Best Frenemy

15 Oct 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

Hey Bri, I bet you’re wondering why, of all things, I would call you my best frenemy. I think it’s pretty simple: you are always either my best friend or my worst enemy. We’re sisters and so close in age, that we literally grew up together. We went through a lot of shit together, and we know way too much information about each other. There really isn’t much else to it.

An Open Letter to My Youngest Sister

14 Oct 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

Hey Cait, I’m not really sure how to start this off. I’ve never been all that good at writing letters, especially when I have a lot to say, but don’t know how to convey it all. But I’ll try my best.