“Dear Mommy, I Miss You.” Writing 101, Day 5.

I’m one of those weird people who likes to pick up litter while walking down the street .. lottery tickets, mail, coupons, to name a few.

As I was walking to the bus stop this windy afternoon, I notice there’s a lot more litter than usual, but that’s what happens when Mother Nature does her thing on garbage day.

The stationary I found was much more “Lisa Frankish,” but here’s a [VERY PLAIN] example of Lisa Frank kittens.

While scanning the debris, I find what seems to be a piece of Lisa Frank stationary (if you don’t what Lisa Frank is, click the link; the picture doesn’t do her brand justice). “How weird .. but cute!” I think to myself as I pick it up to gush over the adorableness of the neon kittens, rainbows, and general girly appeal.

Upon further inspection, it looks like a letter from a young daughter name Madison to her mother. Being the nosy person I am, I decide to read it.

Long story short, this girl knows that her mother is an alcoholic, and she’s begging her mom to get better because she misses the way her she used be before she started drinking, before got divorced.

And I just pity this mom .. like how could she have just thrown that letter out like that? It’s a current letter, and obviously it didn’t mean shit to her. If it did, I have no doubt in my mind that she would have kept the letter.

As much as I wish I could tell this mom and daughter that life goes on and gets better, #1 I have no idea who they are, and #2 you can’t help anyone unless they’re ready, so there’s nothing I can do here, unfortunately .. except hope to myself that both of these girls are strong enough to overcome this, and hopefully sooner than later.

As I toss the letter in the trash can at the bus stop, I see the bus in distance and start shuffling through my wallet to find my bus pass.

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When I read today’s twist (“approach this post in as few words as possible”), I felt relieved .. it’s 10:07pm (well, when I started writing this entry), I’ve been out for the past 4 hours shopping for Jay’s birthday present, and I have to be up and out in <8 hours if I want a ride to get my methadone .. so I all want to do is get this over with and relax. I mean, I technically have all weekend to do it since my next assignment is on Monday, but there are other things I’d like to write about this weekend, like things that piss me off and some things I’d like to review.

For this assignment, I’m supposed to write a story about how I found some random paperwork, read it, and let it “affect [me] deeply, and [I] wish it could be returned to the person to which it’s addressed” (did I use the bracket right? Seriously let me know; the sentence actually reads like this: “it affects you deeply, and you wish it could be returned to the person to which it’s addressed”). And of course, write as little as possible. Seemed easy when I first thought about it, but after a few moments it seemed like it might be a little more difficult than imagined .. but honestly, it wasn’t hard at all once I thought about what I wanted to write, and that only took me a couple of minutes to think of. Actually, there was only one slightly difficult part, and that was getting rid of the rambling since the story’s supposed to be short, and I have a knack for rambling (thoughts gone awry! XD).

Time to edit, post, then get comfy so I can watch a few episodes of South Park on DVR until I nod off. Have a great weekend everyone =D I am HOPING to write at least one entry this weekend since #1 I have to writing something on privacy due to some information I received today and #2 I want to want some reviews for my Influenster and PINCHme campaigns.