My wife's a marginal and wordy writer. Throughout our marriage, in her career, I have helped her write - or written - most of her letters, goals, performance evaluations, everything. I've been her ghost-writer. And this:
Subject: Warm Regard: Hi, Gardener,
To clarify my position about our difference of opinion, I feel that leaving our marriage is the healthiest decision I've made in quite some time and stepping back into any relationship would only continue to jeopardize my health. So, I will move ahead to resolve and finalize the mediation with a goal of completing everything legal as soon as possible. I'll be sending you the mediators' information before the end of this week. Please pick one or the other – it doesn't matter to me.
My wishes are for future health and happiness – for both of us.
is not her writing.
"To clarify my position" Not her style "Stepping back into any relationship..." Nope. Why, an IC or MC talks like that! "So I will move ahead to resolve and finalize..." Nope "...with a goal of..." Unh-uh.
I credit Gypsy woman for getting my wheels turning on this. G-Woman said to me this morning, "Very strange.. yet very businesslike." Gypsy's a talented writer. Picked up on it immediately.
Gotta stop by her thread and say thanky.
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac
