I sat in my bed at rest time
and thought and thought and thought.
Of positive things.
Then I wrote a letter to my parents.
I wrote:
Dear Mom and Dad,
My counselor is nice.
I got to walk a goat.
And gluten-free cookies are okay,
as long they’re chocolate chip.
Here is a picture of me walking a goat.
And here is a picture of a gluten-free cookie.
which is the MOST POSSIBLE love,
Eleanor
When I finished,
I handed my positive letter to Hope.
“Will you please mail this? Soon?”
I said. “It’s important.”
“I will,”
she said.
“I promise.”