Category: Letters + Moments
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Letters #21
Dear Husband, Today I was driving to the studio and I saw a guy on a scooter in front of me, and then I realized it was you, and then my heart got all fluttery. Thanks for still making my heart flutter after all these years. And thank you for scooping the litter box. Dear […]
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Letters #20
Dear Husband, Thanks for taking long walks with me, and for washing the dishes, and for cooking, and for cleaning the litterbox, and for carrying the laundry, and for being an amazing designer, and for having great hair, and for making the best margaritas ever. Dear Cats, I realize that the nights are a bit […]
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Letters #19
Dear Husband, Sometimes I watch you sleep and try to memorize every freckle. Sometimes when I hear your scooter pulling up to the house, I get kind of giggly and tell the kitties, “He’s here!!” Sometimes when I’m in your arms the rest of the world and all of its worries disappear. Sometimes you make […]
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Letters #18
Dear Husband, Thank you for carrying heavy things and putting up light fixtures and setting up internet and hammering things and making sure we had music right away and letting me have the window space and letting me have the big closet and making me margaritas and reminding me to take medicine and mourning with […]
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Letters #17
Dear George, I know you belong to my friends Kate and David, but you’re just such a cute kitten that I think I’ll adopt you as my kitty-nephew. Just stay a kitten, okay? Dear Autumn, You’re here, you’re here! Tonight the air is a bit chilly, and today at Lick there was butternut squash/cinnamon/brown sugar […]
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Letters #16
Dear Fresa’s, Thank you for being within walking distance of my home. Thank you for your deliciously roasted local chicken, your crunchy churros, and your half coffee/half horchata drink. See you again soon. Dear Husband, Yesterday I was hot and frustrated and tired and thirsty when we got home. Before I could even take off […]
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Moments #5
I read her card and teared up as my heart swelled. Justin said, “See? You are loved.” There were oysters, and mackerel, and cuttlefish. Salmon and eel and eggplant and sea bream. Most importantly, there were friends to greet us at the door, and glasses of wine, and his eyes gazing into mine. I remember […]
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Letters #15
Dear God, Please take good care of my Grandma Yaya. I know she is with my Grandpa now, and that she is happy to be in your arms. I will always remember her crinkly eyes, her perfect cheeks, her happy smile, her generosity. I know that she was ready to see you and Grandpa, and […]
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Moments #4
We walked back from the market, he carrying the tote full of herbs and cheese and ice cream, me pulling off bits of baguette – one for him, one for me. I realized that I had dreamed of this moment for much of my life, and it didn’t matter that we weren’t in Paris. There […]
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Letters #14
Dear Bluebonnets, You’re pretttttty. Dear Husband, Thank you for taking me out for walks and picnics and cappuccinos and chili-cheese fries and movies and snow cones and fun. All my base are belong to you. Dear Family, Thanks for a wonderful weekend and yummy food and old jewelry and owl presents. You made me feel […]