We went to the diner up the road and shared a nice breakfast. He had never seen me in a dress, and looked at me for a heartbeat. I went downstairs to the kitchen, where my dad was sitting. I knew my cousin Brenda was coming at 9 to take me for breakfast. Showered, shaved, put on my makeup, and put on the dress I bought the day before. I knew my father would speak to me in the morning. I cried.īy one AM we had finished both bottles of wine. but finally we got down to it being two wounded people sharing their hearts with each other. We both had denials, posturing, threats: blunt and veiled, feints, bluffs made and called, lecturing. I have been asked not to discuss the details of the conversations I had with my parents, and rightly so. My father, as he always does, went to bed early. We went back to the house, opened her wine, and sat in the living room. We also stopped at a liquor store and picked up wine: a German white for her and a New Zealand Sauvignon blanc for me. She generously bought Linda and I a lot of groceries, but we didn't talk about anything substantive. I agreed, thinking that this would be where we would talk. Mum then insisted that we go grocery shopping. I walked out onto the pier, where it was windy and a little cooler. On the way, I stopped at one of those beach stores that was advertising a sale on summer dresses. My mum finally called and asked where I was, and I headed over to my parent's place. On the way down, I decided that I'd stop for lunch down in Fenwick Island: one of my favorite places, Harpoon Hannahs. Thursday morning, I drove down to Delaware.

I will not reveal the contents, as it was private, but I will say that it was, in the end, asking for a dialogue. That night I sent my mum a letter via email. Now, I'd already planned to go down to southern Delaware to see them, and hopefully to talk. I pulled the car over to the curb, and answered the phone.

I was driving her through the town where I grew up when my mum called me.

That Tuesday, I had my daughter for the afternoon. I received a Facialbook message from my sister-in-law (brother's wife) and we initiated a nice dialogue. I sent the link to my parents and my sister in law, as I knew they'd hear about it, so I wanted them to hear it from me. and took lots of pictures! And I WILL write about these in due time. During that time, I've done some travelling. I've been on vacation from work the past week.

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