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favorsfireDear Jen,
It’s been a standard of our family for a long time to shun the outside world and connections to it. No cell phones, no Internet. These trappings have been something we’ve considered dangerous--a way to track us, to control us, to link us to a world that wanted nothing to do with us. Lately some of that has been changing, lifting, and while I can’t be certain it’s all for the good, it has brought about two things for which I am grateful: It brought my daughter back to me, and it gave me the chance to meet you.
I don’t really have friends outside of the family. Our way of life doesn’t lend itself to that, nor does my own...reticence with strangers, I suppose. Even with the aid of my ability, I find it difficult to open up to people, to let them into my life. But I have truly enjoyed getting to know you, seeing what you have done and accomplished out in the world. We’re so very different, on the surface, and, yet, I feel you understand me in ways I’m not sure many who are closer to me do, and that is a...welcome feeling.
You should come visit some day, to meet the Bowmans, our fire-breathers, and my daughter. Though their abilities aren’t the same as yours, they’re close, and they’re always eager to meet other people with affinity for fire. Amanda, I know, would greatly benefit, as even here I think she still sometimes feels alone, or a freak. Knowing there is someone like you, out there in the world--that she has choices...it gives me hope for her, and perhaps it could give her that hope, as well.
But, mostly, I think I’d just like the chance to sit and talk, to do more than chat randomly as we manage it here and there. I doubt our way of life would suit you for long, but there’s a freedom in it, if only for a few days, to be among people who understand, to be able to be yourself. I’d like to show you that, to show you our world, and to learn more about you and yours.
Maybe one day we’ll find the time.
Until then, I’ll keep looking forward to our chats, and the insights, understanding, and sometimes just fun and silliness that come from them.
All my best,
Lydia
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It’s been a standard of our family for a long time to shun the outside world and connections to it. No cell phones, no Internet. These trappings have been something we’ve considered dangerous--a way to track us, to control us, to link us to a world that wanted nothing to do with us. Lately some of that has been changing, lifting, and while I can’t be certain it’s all for the good, it has brought about two things for which I am grateful: It brought my daughter back to me, and it gave me the chance to meet you.
I don’t really have friends outside of the family. Our way of life doesn’t lend itself to that, nor does my own...reticence with strangers, I suppose. Even with the aid of my ability, I find it difficult to open up to people, to let them into my life. But I have truly enjoyed getting to know you, seeing what you have done and accomplished out in the world. We’re so very different, on the surface, and, yet, I feel you understand me in ways I’m not sure many who are closer to me do, and that is a...welcome feeling.
You should come visit some day, to meet the Bowmans, our fire-breathers, and my daughter. Though their abilities aren’t the same as yours, they’re close, and they’re always eager to meet other people with affinity for fire. Amanda, I know, would greatly benefit, as even here I think she still sometimes feels alone, or a freak. Knowing there is someone like you, out there in the world--that she has choices...it gives me hope for her, and perhaps it could give her that hope, as well.
But, mostly, I think I’d just like the chance to sit and talk, to do more than chat randomly as we manage it here and there. I doubt our way of life would suit you for long, but there’s a freedom in it, if only for a few days, to be among people who understand, to be able to be yourself. I’d like to show you that, to show you our world, and to learn more about you and yours.
Maybe one day we’ll find the time.
Until then, I’ll keep looking forward to our chats, and the insights, understanding, and sometimes just fun and silliness that come from them.
All my best,
Lydia
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