Letter 3

Dear Friend,

Either this letter-writing thing is working or being on vacation is helping me because I already feel less bitter. I should probably enjoy this while it lasts.

I don’t know when I became such a bitter person, but I feel it so acutely these days. I’m not sure if I’ve become bitter in recent years or if I’ve always been this way and I just notice it more because I’m allowing myself to acknowledge it. There’s a real temptation to pretend that I’m happy and content all the time because apparently that’s how we’re supposed to feel (?) and to secretly guilt-trip myself for NOT…