Dear E,
Thank you for your card and message. It is always pleasant to tighten the links between us. I guess it has been an eventful year for the both of us and circumstances have kept us apart.
My baby is called Isabel, she's four months old now, very calm and serene, the opposite of boisterous, inquiring L. She is like a living, animatronic doll, little head swiveling around, placid blue eyes taking everything in.
It would be wonderful if you came for the weekend, We could wander over the moors or through the ancient woodland on the edge of the city. I would love to take in all that beauty and nature with you while hearing about your life.
I have finally started living a fuller life, and I feel far less strangled by obligation. I have been going out more, and met this devilish little half-french boy called C, he's rather ostentatious and camp, ie my weird type, but kind of sensitive and shy at the same time. He "does poetry" and read some at a stand-up night last week and we spent the rest of the night sneaking off from the group and kissing in dark corners. It sounds stupid, but it was rather thrilling.
I arranged a date for us, and took him to see the alpacas. (Perhaps the alpacas are the inexplicable centre around which my life revolves?) We ended up sitting on a fallen tree that spanned a woody valley, with a fairly high drop, drinking wine and kissing and risking, well, not our lives, but broken ankles perhaps. Fortunately, neither of us fell.
Unfortunately, he only wants fun and not a relationship, but I suppose I may have struggled to picture him involved in my mum-life. Perhaps it is better to keep him as a sneaky aside.
In any case, I think of you and keep you dans mon coeur.
With love...
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