Dear Dad

Dear Dad,
I got my test photo prints back today and I think they look pretty good. I hung them up in my office to remind me that I need to keep working and that I've still got so much left to do for my show. I've really got everything to do, because I haven't really started; I've just been talking about it a lot. I talked to Paula today on my way home from work and we chatted for quite a while..we usually do. I feel more like a whole cohesive piece of something and more like myself after we talk. She reminds me that it's okay to be me..just by being her. I went with Mom to her orthopedic doctor and it's confirmed that a knee replacement is happening soon. I hope after this she starts feeling better. She's got to start taking better care of herself, but no one can do it for her. She's got to make an effort...starting with eating better. We've got another appointment with her regular doctor, hopefully next week and maybe that will get things going in a better direction. Grandpa is having a rough time and is pretty sick in the hospital. We're all going to go over to see him on Saturday. I'm worried about grandma. Please help him and do what you can to make things easy...I know you will and are. Things...just everything seems so hard now...harder than I ever thought they 'd be. In that same breath or thought, I say/think that I'm extremely blessed and have so much more than I'd ever thought I would or that I deserve. I hope in the end everything will be alright.

-Tiff