Dear friends and family,

I have been trying to write for a while. Things have not been going very well with me lately. My personal life has been very difficult and depression pretty strong. I wanted you to know that I care about you and have not been ignoring you. I just don't have the emotional or mental energy to keep up with correspondence at the moment.

We are going to a spiritual retreat in the woods for the next five days. I am hoping to use the time to sort myself out emotionally and figure out how to deal with the troubles life seems intent on sending us. I will try to write when I return home.

All my love,
Dawn