For You

Don’t take it personally.

How else do I take it?

My life is personal. The people who touch it are important to me. Without them, it would be a different life altogether, so when they are hurting, or in trouble, I care.

I cannot give them all the things they need. In fact, I can barely take care of my own needs sometimes, so I do the best I can and try to make up for it by being as honest as I know how when I talk to them, or write to them, or touch their lives in some way.

I don’t want to embarrass you and if telling you how grateful I am for the things you give me does that, I’m sorry.

Just not sorry enough to stop, because I know I would be sorrier in the long run if I did not.