Alice
From: [email protected]
Subject: re: checking in
Date: May 20, 2019
Alice,
Thanks for sending your newest research! It always makes me so happy to read anything you’ve written. You have such a gift for words.
It’s gratifying to know that I’ve inspired a lifelong love of nature. I hope you’ll consider again my offer to come stay in the bungalow or at camp this summer.
I’m sure you and Briar can mend things, if that’s still holding you back.
I hope to see you soon, my dear.
Love,
Susan
From: [email protected]
Subject: re: checking in
Date: July 31, 2020
Dear Susan,
I’m so sorry to hear about your diagnosis. I have so many things to say – can I call sometime soon?
Maybe I can find a way to take a few days off from my research this summer to come see you. Would that be okay with you? I don’t want to impose, and I know that your doctors might want to limit your exposure depending on your treatment plan… Anyway, let’s discuss.
In the meantime, I’m sending you, Briar, RJ, Hazel and Laurel all of my love from across the ocean. If there’s anything I can do to help, please just let me know.
Talk soon,
Alice
From: [email protected]
Subject: re: checking in
Date: May 20, 2021
My dear Alice,
Warmest congratulations on your graduation! I so wish I could have been there. This is one of those moments when the C-word becomes not just an inconvenience but damned annoying. I would give anything for the freedom to get on a plane and give you a hug and tell you I’m so, so proud of you.
I hope your parents behaved themselves for the weekend – I’m sure they played nice for such an important event.
I’ve sent a package which should arrive in a few days. In the meantime, let me know what you’ve decided for the summer!
