That is a nice letter indeed. Must have taken a lot of courage for him to
write it. I never hear from my brother either. Like you, I thought he
just didn't care and is very self-absorbed. Maybe my brother's lack of
communication is due to the same reasons as your brother's. We grew up in
an alcoholic home as well. The only time I hear from my brother is when he
wants to gloat about something and tell me how well he is doing. I always
suspect an ulterior motive. Best of luck.
Christine
At 06:27 PM 26/07/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Christine,
>
>Here's what he said. I think I might frame it! :-)
>
>"Dear Jean,
>I've been meaning to write to you for quite awhile. I've intended to do
>it on numerous occasions, but when it came right down to it I could never
>think of enough to say that would come close enough to compensating for
>all the lost time. I still can't. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve
>and it takes a lot for me to open up to others, even those I care about
>deeply. I'm very happy to know that you and Tom and Shannon and Michael
>are doing well. (Note from Jean: I've sent him newsletters now and
>then.) I look forward to hearing from you (real) soon. I'm much better
>at responding to conversation than initiating it. Thanks for your last
>letter. P.S. I sat here for an hour just to get this much out."
>
>Y'know, it's easy to adopt a victim mentality when you've lived in an
>abusive alcoholic home, so I always figured he didn't call, visit, or
>write to me because he just didn't care about me. I guess this e-mail
>message blows that theory out of the water, huh? :-)
>-Jean
>
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