Personal Narrative: A Letter To Alice Walker

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Dee, Just got off the phone with you a little while ago. I apologize for trying to talk to you when you didn't want to speak. I know that your very upset right now and you don't want to talk so I'm sending you this message instead. I am hesitant about sending you this letter as I don't know how you will take it. It seems like a good idea to let you know where I'm coming from. So I hope this is true. Sometimes I feel that writing how I feel is the best way to let you know what is going on in my head. Really not sure what the right thing to say is at this point. I'm frustrated that my actions have led to this. In my mind I believed that I was doing the right thing by coming home. I really hope that we can communicate in the future regardless of what …show more content…

I know that you don't believe me, but I had been thinking about coming home earlier despite talking to you this morning but I also heard what you said. I believe that I am a good person Dee, but I do make mistakes sometimes. I hate thinking that me coming home early could ruin the way you see me as a person. At this point it really seems like you don't want anything to do with me. I can honestly say that I did not think you would be so upset about me coming home. I have been praying to God to help me understand you better. To give me some guidance through the fog that has become my existence. I have felt lost for so long now without you in my life. For whatever it's worth I have thought about you and the kids so much each and every day since I have been here. Actually you are always on my mind, I just don't always know how to handle things. I want to be the man that is there for you. I want for us to be able to open up to one another. I want to be able to make you happy. To be the man that experiences life with you. I could go on forever about the things I dream for between you and I. It's unlikely that they will come true, but it gives me some comfort to

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