Dear best friend

Dear best friend,

Good morning,

19 hours of purgatory for the long letter I sent you yesterday. I was so nauseous and had such a terrible migraine that one letter was all I could do. I’m so sorry. I was throwing up until late last evening until I finally had hot tea and ate something. It was bad. I’ll be talking to my doctor on Monday. Hopefully I can get more answers.

I know my poetry has been sad but it is more cathartic for me than anything. I am trying to be honest about myself but it’s hard. I want to write happy things, but I eventually lean to the sad.

I watched The Squid and the Whale by Noah Baumbauch yesterday while I took care of my little one. Wes Anderson produced it. It was such a simple story about divorce but so elegantly and honestly told. The oldest boy tells a story about a time he and his mom left a party to watch Robin Hood. It’s really the highlight of the film. Very good. I recommend it to you. I have been trying to watch new things because I watch the same old things over and over again for comfort reasons. I watch “I’m thinking of Ending Things,” a hundred times and “Phantom Thread,” a thousand times. Those are my comfort films now. I know you watch the Bachelorette. I haven’t seen that show recently, but I do remember watching that show when I was a teenager. What other stuff do you watch? My son and I watch West Side Story a lot.

Hopefully my other letter comes in soon.

Hope you are well. I hope you have a great day and write smoothly and church goes wonderful!

Talk to you soon!

Love,

Melissa