By now you know your sister Erika has left. Today is the day she left actually. It had all been planned for a long time. I don't know what kind of lies they will tell you about us. But I hope you're smart like mom and find out the truth on your own instead of listening to everyone else.
I won't tell you why she left, I'll let her do that herself. But know I offered her a place to stay. I don't know if she will be happy here with me- all I know was that she wasn't happy there alone.
I think about you often. I wonder what silly things you get into. At this age you love super heroes and cute pink things. You are a ball of social contradictions. You enjoy gore but adore Disney. I wonder if it was us (Us being your older siblings including Lupe) that made you that way. We would watch shows like 'The Walking Dead'. You would watch Lupe play Call of Duty and knew you were suppose to shoot bad guys in the head. But at the same time you had dreams of getting married to a little boy you met in kindergarten. I don't remember his name. I just remember mom told me you said he was your boyfriend.
According to mom you would twirl in circles for him and make up stories and games. He would save you a seat or even a spot in line. You guys were suppose to get married and your dress and ring will be pink. I thought it was cute. At Costco one day you would point out a pink ring and told mom to buy it for you so that you could be married. Mom scoffed and said, "No way! Tell him to buy it for you!" You just sighed and said okay.
Speaking of mom. I'll tell you more about her. As her kids we knew her best. I don't care what your aunts tell you or your dad. We spent every single day with her. Your dad's sisters would never visit us growing up or even call us. They barely knew us at all. Mom liked it that way. She didn't want us to end up like them. She wanted us to be free independent thinkers. She wanted us to be brave explorers and conquerors.
And I like to think she really did make us that way- Ah! But I'm rambling. I said I would talk about mom. I'll save the social dynamics and injustices of our family for another day.
Mom loves bright happy colors like red and yellow.
Her favorite animals are the giraffe and the butterfly.
She hates sharing her drink with ANYONE. If you take one sip of it she won't want it anymore.
She loves to laugh.
She doesn't like long hugs or lots of touchy feely. She said it was because her mom didn't hug her a lot growing up. Erika is the same way actually. I was the only odd ball who craved hugs and kisses. I always wanted a hug to last 30 seconds and mom and Erika would wriggle away from me after ten seconds.
She loved God more than anything ever. She was a God fearing woman who would always go to church and serve the Lord. She was a true Christian woman after God's own heart.
She likes Animal Crossing.
Erika was her best friend.
I'll stop here because I am getting sad again. It's only been a little over a month Emi. I used to talk to her like every day- now I have no one to talk to and it makes me depressed.
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