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Thursday
Jan222009
Open Letters
January 22, 2009 
Dear YaYa Sister,
Next time, dearest daughter, if you're feeling a little churning in your tummy, turn your head away from Daddy's computer.
Hope you feel better soon, sweetie!
Love, Mama
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Dear Me,
Yes you. Next time, don't use your husband's computer to keep the kids occupied with a DVD. Dummie. No, just kidding, I don't talk to you that way anymore, remember?
Okay, bye. (Just kidding, I'm still here!)
You
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Dear Chinua,
I'm so, so sorry. I hope it can be fixed. If not, I'll auction off my left liver on my blog and make us some money for a new one. I only have one liver? Bummer.
Love
Your Wife
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Dear Weather in Goa,
You call this a winter? Serious, though? This is all we get?
Listen, if you need some tips, I'm here. I hail from the True North Strong and Free. So just let me know, because you are losing in the winter department. This is like a weak autumn, even. Heck, Goa, this is SUMMER. Alright.
Glad we are clear,
Rae
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Dear Well Water,
I'd appreciate a little more effort in the category of "making the laundered clothes smell fresh instead of like they've been left under a junkyard couch."
Thanks,
Rae
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Dear Goan neighbors,
I am wearing pigtails. It's true. No, your eyes do not deceive you. And yes, it is funny! I'm laughing too. I'm even a bit startled. And yes, my head looks incredibly big with these giant branches sprouting from above my ears. But it was just that kind of day.
Love
Your neighbor, the one with the four kids
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Dear Kid A,
You can never know how much it means to me that you laughed at my corny jokes tonight. Your smile makes me want to sing.
Love,
Mama
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Dear Person who Wrote in the Dust on the Back of my Van,
I don't read Konkani!
But what did it say? I'm curious. Wash me? Don't park here? Just married?
Just wondering,
A friend in the village
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Dear Bow-tie pasta,
I believe that you taste good anytime, anywhere.
A true fan,
Rae
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Dear Superstar Husband,
Oh, and I'm also sorry about the bad choice in eating that samosa in the market the other day, and then convincing you to eat one too! Heh heh...
Maybe if they had actually tasted edible, we would have been able to overlook the bowel problems that have ensued, huh? No?
Ha ha, whoops!
Love,
Your adventurous wife
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Dear Sand,
The beach is your designated space. Not the sheets. Thankssomuch,
A Housewife
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Dear Beach,
See you at sunset tomorrow!
Awesome,
Love, this happy traveler
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Dear Northern California,
I think that heaven will be a little bit like you.
Signed,
A little homesick
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Reader Comments (21)
Yes, we were travelling through the arbutus trees on Vancouver Island and I was thinking about how much I missed Northern California, even some of the characters that lived there. It was such a fun place. Miss a lot of the people we met there as well.
You're crazy, this blog topped them all in craziness! Just kidding! But it did make me laugh. Thanks,
I love your open letters- too hilarious! And, *sigh*, from one homesickee to another (is 'homesickee' a word?), I think heaven will definitely be much like NorCal :)
Dear Rae,
We miss you too!
Love,
Northern California and its inhabitants
This is fantastic. I can't wait for a book.
You write like a good writer should. Fresh.Creatively.Truthfully.Amusingly. Is that even I word? I don't know..you are the writer.
These were wonderful. Sometimes I think that my whole day is filled up with little short letters here and there. Thank you for your writing. It always brings a smile to my face.
Hilarious. These are great.
S and J
You're funny and make me laugh.
Dear Rae,
Your open letters are the hilarous! Thanks for making me laugh.
Hugs,
A fellow wanna-be blogger
P.S. that's suppose to say hilarous not the hilarous!
Hugs,
A fellow wanna-be blogger who can't type right.
I laughed and then I cried. Northern California misses you too.
samosas from an outdoor market? Brave soul.
Awwww, I simply love these letters! :) Well really, Rae, I'm so taken with your writing every single time I come here to read. You have a unique ability of *letting us in* your life, and we are the richer for it. Thank you!
I am also missing Northern California, though I am just hundreds of miles away, not half-a-world-away as are you.
Just what I needed with my first cup of coffee this morning. :-)
May I inquire if that is a teething necklace that solo is wearing? Ihave read about them and wonder if they really work? But it could just be a decoration so if it is ignore my question.
PS its really hard to tpy with a baby in your arms who loves compueter keys :)
Hey, my computer did not bring up the picture of that little fat baby, when I looked at it, look at those cheeks! Love it. Love you and miss you !
Hey can I have copies of the pictures for the last 2 blogs?
dear rae,
funny i miss the northern californian redwoods and funky folks and hairy krishnas right now, and am stuck in the great north strong and free vancouver island, wishing i could one day make a trip to the holy dham of india, most auspicious and full of mercy so i am told, but for now i am settling for another trip to california because of a crazy addiction to cheep organic food and california vibrations, i think you have some major sukriti (build up of good karma from past lives or past experiences) to be presently content wherever you are
you are so humble, greatful, appreciateive, and also oh yes, being blessed with so much MERCY! Every word you write is a healing one of joy, laughter, life lessons, and LIFE!
thanks for writing,
namaste
ah. the north misses you too, i am sure.
Hey, just wanted to say that being up here in the True North Strong and Free over winter makes me homesick for Northern California as well and wishing we still lived there and thinking it will be like heaven, too.
Thanks for your humor-filled insight! :)
I want to see a photo of the pigtails.....
Oh, Rae... I don't think anyone can make me laugh like you do...:-)
Love and miss you.