Motherless Like Alice

    I am motherless, like alice.  I guess thats why i find myself to be so much like her.  i spent my childhood looking for a “substitute mom” and i know you dont even know my last name but its you!  Just like how alice thinks of Mrs. Plotkin and pictures her in her mind and having fake conversations. ( I do that all the time!) Your sons are very lucky to have you as a mom!  I guess Alice has a lot of substitute moms, like you said.  Sylvia sure is a nice stepmom.  I have a step mom but she is the opposite of Sylvia, so she dosent count.

    I have recently started high school and I love it! i have started some new clubs and met soo many new people. everyone is so much nicer in high school! i believe i sent you an email about me being nervious, but the first day was great! (and i didnt throw up!)  your atvice really helped!  There is one thing that i love about high school that i love the most.  People arent afraid to be independent and they dont care what other people think. I met lots of people that are gay/lesbian/bi and they are really cool!  nobody was brave enough to speak out like that and be themselves in middle school.  I have nothing against these people (im guessing u arent either, based on what alice thinks about lori) in fact, this might sound strange, but my grandmother is bi, and my stepmother wont let us see her because of it (like i said, she is nothing like alices stepmom)

    Im so sorry for blabbing on like this but I have been thinking about emailing you all this stuff, and i hope you have time to read it! 

    Also, im so excited to read “Alice In charge” because it will be a nice graduation present my senior year

Thanks so much for brining alice in to my life 5 years ago!

I’m flattered and feel very honored that you think of me as your mom.  I do hope you realize that it’s a lot easier being your mom on paper than if we really lived in the same house.  On paper, by email, I have a chance to think about what I’m going to say before I “open my mouth.”  When people live together, life moves at a much faster, more spontaneous pace.  I hope that all middle school students who are nervous about going to high school next year will read your email.  It’s true that in high school, kids are much more independent.  In middle school, everyone seems to try to be like everyone else.  In high school, sometimes they go to the opposite extremes and try to be as different.  I liked high school better than middle school, but I liked college best of all.