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August 19, 2009 |
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Season's Greetings?
FOUND by Emmy
in Portland, OR
I found this at the bottom of a friend's porch steps during a bad snow storm in December, 2008.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
I like the handwriting after "your family," even though the lines slant downward. I wonder why the handwriting changes right then. What is the ugly drug? I'm thinking maybe heroin? So maybe the writer shot up midway through writing the card, and her handwriting improved, yet sloped downhill because there's only one direction drug addiction can lead.
The snow in Oregon this year was heavy. A homeless man in my town died as he slept in the snow. Then they opened an overnight homeless shelter in a gym, a whole bunch of people donated sleeping bags, and they called for volunteers to staff it. It was open for about 3 nights. They had to close it because they didn't have enough staffers to keep it safe.
I hope 2009 goes better for her.
You found it in December 2008 and it is addressed January 1, 2009..
For some reason the writer sounds like she's writing more to herself than "Maxine" in some parts.
This seems like meth thru and thru.
"Everything is great except I'm still on this nasty drug and its keeping me from tending to my kids and grandkids. If you want to send some money, that'd be great. Maybe I could put use it for rehab, but mostly I'd spend it on more happiness."
Thanks for thinking of me this holiday season...I hope all is well.
Kids and grandkids...sigh.......
Saying that...I write crooked on unlined paper too. The writing seems the same, just tilted and a little "off". I'm guessing they took a hit or a snort of something in the middle of the letter and loosened up a little more. It's not a different author.
Goodness, I love explaining my self after the opinion...
"Maybe I could use it for rehab, but mostly I'd spend it on more happiness."
minus PUT might make more sense.
Anyone want to send me their addresses so I can have a fundraiser to overcome my obvious English liablity. If it he[ps, I'm an alky, on meth and herion!
I can't feel my fingers anymore...Mama?
Well, it makes a change to the smug round robins one usually gets at Christmas.
There but for the strength of bla..bla..bla go I. The world can be, is, a cruel place.
Call you get out of rehab.....
yikes.
Well, sweetie, you aren't the only one who had a sad and lonely year. Your kids and grandkids missed out on their mom/grandmother, who is a drug addict. It isn't all about you, you know.
Thanks. It was so special I threw it out.
Max.
PS You still owe me 20 bucks I lent you.
PPS Who are you? You didn't sign the card, and where did you get the money for the card and stamp?
Gotta be either meth or crack.
Good Point, Sammy. Addicts are just about the most selfish, self-absorbed people around. Little else matters aside from their own wants and needs, everything's someone else's fault, and everyone- even God- is out to get them.
Didn't Tom Waits write a song about this? Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis?
that's the thing, SDJJ. For addicts, it is all about them. all the time.
Hi ...
My name is HPD and I'm addicted to Found...
It's kind of harsh to blame God for your problem during the Christmas holiday. Hope she lets someone help her soon.
Aaaw, this letter is kinda sad... :(
An actual "Maxine" card to Maxine would have been sublime.
She writes, my mu(crossed out) Lord wants me to walk. I wonder what she almost wrote, my muse, my muscle bound pimp?
Walk where?
This whole card makes me sad b/c while it seems like a cry for help, They are not desparate enought to actually change yet.
No kidding. (kinda sad?) the thing is.. no one else can help her.
This could have been written by someone very close to me-- even that recently. Everyone tried to help that person for years. - tried everything, until there was nothing left to try, nothing left to give, regardless of how much we loved him. Then a 10 year old told that addict to quit moping, get off his ass, get a life and start to live it. So far it seems to have done the trick. (fingers crossed, "cuss" every day's a new one.
Jesus! Not to sound like a total Nazi, but I think it would probably be best for all involved if illiterate junkie grandma is sent to a gulag or executed.
New Year's is always such a hopeful time.
Heres to a better year, Maxine.
Why is the card dated 1-1-09 when the person said it was found in December 2008? Looks like we've got a time traveler.
why do we all assume the author of this letter is a she?
Where she crossed out MU, I think she got sidetracked and was writing the word 'my' over again but then realized she just wrote 'my' before that.. so she continued on to crazy bag lady talk.. Very secretive that talk is!!
Geez...some sad comments here. Addiction is a health issue, it changes the brain chemistry in a way you can't overcome by will alone. This person needs treatment, not to be told to get over it, because he probably can't help himself. I hope he got into the "program."