9/24/02

Dear Dad,

Hey. How are you? I am doing good. I just wanted to write you to tell you that I am truly sorry for everything that I have ever put you through. All those times you had to stay up late wondering and worrying where I was. All the lonely nights I was never home to talk to you. I don’t know why I do the things I do or the things I did do. When I was locked up for that 7 months, it was the hardest time I’ve ever had. Being away from you and everyone else was also hard. I cant believe I would ever turn out to be like I was. Now that I am back they expect me to be the best I can be because where I was but it is hard. The little mistakes that I am making now are just mistakes that I will learn from and I know that once you start to trust me you always lose that because I end up doing something or getting into trouble. I wanted to tell you that I DID quit smoking and drinking. I haven’t used sinse I’ve been back. I know people make mistakes and now I am ready to learn from them and try my hardest. I think we need to try more together and talk a lot more and become the family we should be.

I love you and I am so sorry.

LOVE KERI