From: Gagne, Kathleen To: Gagne, David Subject: I Can’t Figure Out the New Stuff on My Computer Sent: August 2, 2008 4:00 PM ET Hi David, I’m really hoping I can do web pages on the Internet, but I am frustrated because every time I go back to Yahoo or any other site, they […]
Mom came from a time when the art of writing letters was still tremendously important, and she was a great writer. She wrote letters throughout her entire life and sent them to politicians and to business leaders, to the newspapers where she lived, to disgruntled collection agencies, to PTA members, to friends, and — of […]
From: Gagne, Kathleen To: Gagne, David Subject: I Hate Yahoo Sent: July 13, 2008 12:01 PM ET Hi, Honey, One day last week, I opened up my computer to find that a random update had changed my home page (davidgagne.net) to freaking Yahoo. Yahoo is taking over the world! I actually tried several times […]
My wife and I were in Florida for her sister’s wedding and I got to spend some time visiting with mom. My mom sent me this email — with the subject line “Last Week” — shortly after we returned to Los Angeles: Hi, Honey, I can’t tell you how much it meant to me […]
In the middle of March, 2013, I found some files on mom’s old hard drive. This Microsoft Word document titled Personal Fears.doc was dated July 20, 2008, although she had entered June 23, 2008 when she began writing it. I’m not certain who Mary is. I am pretty sure she is a therapist mom was […]
3/16/08 Dear Mom, I’m in a mess again. I’m losing my best job on July 31, and I have no idea what to do. I’m depressed. I’m lonely. I’m scared. I wish I had family around me. I don’t know what to do. Maybe I can teach, but I don’t think it will save my […]
2/19/08 Hi, Mom, I’m in the fourth day of a four day weekend. I should be having fun, but I have almost no friends. I never know how to make friends. I felt really sick yesterday, and had no-one to call. I worry about my weight. I need to lose 100 lbs! I worry about […]
2/12/08 Hi, Mom, I’m a mess! I feel as if I’ve always been alone and always will be. I don’t know that I’ve ever truly connected with anyone, except maybe David and Jen when they were little. I always feel inferior. I get so angry. I just want to believe I have value to someone. […]
1/30/08 Hi, Mom, I miss you sooo much! I’m trying to lose weight again. I got all the way up to 274.5 over the holidays, what with the broken ribs and all. I think I may have lost about 6.5 pounds in a week. I hope it keeps up at that rate. I’m going to […]