Hello love,
I received your letter. I wish I had ample time to write all that has been happening since our last conversation. First, I’ll briefly address your concern over “drifting apart”.
I am sorry you feel this drifting. As befuddling as it may sound, I feel closer to you now than I ever have. So often I think of you and say to myself “Oh, Momz would love this” or “I wish Mom was here to see this!”. I envision our future together and how I will be able to help you in your sunset years. Perhaps not having a husband at this stage of your life amplifies the challenges such as living on separate coasts. Regardless of what you may be feeling just know that a coast or an ocean cannot divide my love and care for you.
Regarding my blog post. I just reread that post for the first time since I wrote it. I observed human weakness throughout each paragraph. I could have hurt many feelings by the things which I wrote. Keep in mind that I do not write to slander anyone’s character nor do I seek to puff them up. While my blog is “public” it is still a journal (as indicated by the header “my life ~ my thoughts ~ my faith ~ my art ~ my world”) …and therefore viewer discretion is advised. I don’t feel like I need to place a warning at the top of every blog post if I share my thoughts or negative experiences with any particular person…nor should one have to do that on a handwritten journal. Just because I have the capability to read your journal doesn’t mean I would without your express permission. I am not saying don’t read my blog…I am saying that it is a “matter of fact” journal and not everything is going to be pleasant.
Furthermore, if your posterity were to develop an accurate understanding of your character and life I’m sure you would expect them to read your entire journal not just one paragraph written in a moment of weakness. So it is with my love for you. You read one paragraph written at a difficult time of my life. However, if you were to read all of my journals and highlight everything I’ve ever written about you; you would CLEARLY see that the good FAR OUTWEIGHS the bad. You would CLEARLY see that all the good in my life can be traced back to you and your efforts to raise me properly. You would CLEARLY see that I have not drifted from you.
In 1 Nephi Ch5 the chapter heading reads, “SARIAH COMPLAINS AGAINST LEHI” Really? You mean that these Latter-Day Saints who preach so much about the family have this Book of Scripture where the Prophet’s wife complains against him? Was Sariah angry at Nephi for engraving this on gold plates which were to be left behind for the entire world to read!? If Nephi lived in the digital age would he have left this blog post on “private”? Of course not. Why? Because there is so much more to the story. Sure this is a great point for anti-Mormon writers to bash us with but the humble continue reading, learning, hungering, thirsting and mining for spiritual truths. They want the whole story and they want to use these “mortal” experiences of the past to place themselves properly in the present. So it is with us and my blog post. Perhaps you’ll have a great grandchild who gets caught up on this one “verse” and think that one of us was a piece of dirt. But I doubt that will be the case… I think they will marvel over our relationship especially as they read how the story continues to unfold.
Well, I am tired…I hope to write about my career choices in the near future. If you’ll excuse me, I have to go post this on my blog. 
