From the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump has been the most difficult person in my life. On February 13, 2017 I began sending him a message with a loving-kindness blessing every day via the White House contact page. Starting with the February 20th message all of the letters are reproduced here, and I plan … Continue reading Hello and Welcome
Month: January 2018
“Mother of Exiles”
Dear President Trump, Gosh, yesterday morning when I wrote to you about the positive things from the day before, I really was sending you a sincere thank you. Now, though, I am back to feeling disgusted by you, and dismayed. Unfortunately, it’s really no surprise at all and rather, it was the sincere thanks that … Continue reading “Mother of Exiles”
Sincere thanks
Dear President Trump, Eating my lunch yesterday I had a chance to peek at NPR and saw the article describing the open meeting you had with congressional leaders on immigration and for a few minutes I entertained the fantasy that maybe I’m getting through to you. It was so surprising and really quite wonderful that … Continue reading Sincere thanks
Noticing
Dear President Trump, There’s one more thing from yesterday morning to tell you about. I walked in to work from where I parked along the edge of the golf course abutting the VA campus. It’s a public golf course that was built in 1915 and throughout the course, but especially along the edges, there are … Continue reading Noticing
DO NOT ENTER
Dear President Trump, I got a quite a boost this morning from reading Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globe acceptance speech and then on my way to work seeing a middle school girl wearing a hoodie jacket that had a DO NOT ENTER symbol emblazoned across the front. The image looked exactly like the big metal street … Continue reading DO NOT ENTER
We need full-on rebellion
Dear President Trump, Today is a new day. I know yesterday was a new day when it was today and tomorrow will be a new day when it becomes today so there are chances for new starts all the time. I’m especially grateful for this particular new day because I finally have a useful way … Continue reading We need full-on rebellion
If you didn’t want to win….
Dear President Trump, I wonder whether any day now your camp is going to pivot on the Wolff F & F book and claim that his commentary on how none of you expected to nor wanted to win the election is “proof” you all didn’t collude with Russia. It would be a tidy turn of … Continue reading If you didn’t want to win….
Change of a minor, but still irritating, sort
Dear President Trump, Off and on all day I’ve gotten emails from the White House Correspondence Team thanking me for my messages to you. They are all dated today, 1/5/18, even though I’ve not sent today’s message yet. All told, there were 21 emails. At first I thought the contact system went bonkers like the … Continue reading Change of a minor, but still irritating, sort
You are delivering spectacularly
Dear President Trump, I am still feeling under the weather and stayed home from work again today. It’s been strange being away from work so long. I don’t like it. I miss my co-workers and I miss having things that feel important to do both for their own sake and because they help distract me … Continue reading You are delivering spectacularly
“You reap what you sow”
Dear President Trump, We got a surprise holiday card in the mail today. It was from the woman at church who got so frustrated with me a few weeks ago when she thought I took too long in the pastor’s receiving line. I know I told you how she sent an apology note, but I … Continue reading “You reap what you sow”
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