To the One Who Called Me "Poison"
I received a letter via email on February 27, 2009 from a member of my former circle of friends. In the past couple of months, I've thought a lot about creating a response to this letter to help me organize my thoughts and finally put all of them to rest. I needed peace. Here is what I came up with. I know it's a novel. But if you would like to leave comments, I would really appreciate them. Thanks for reading. -------------------------------------- To the One Who Called Me "Poison," I’ve thought about you and your letter at least once per week for the past six years since I received it. I even thought about it every day for the first couple of years afterward, actually. I’ve thought for a long time about what I would want to say to respond to that letter—the letter that said “I have no confidence that what I tell you will actually sink in,” because of my ego and “thick head.” Here we are, after six years of “sinking in.” I’m sure that the thought I’ve g...