14. Miser-cheese Loves Company (topped with 3 kinds of cheese)

[continuousgroaning]

[Tina decides to do this post in text; otherwise it'd be hard to hide how torn she still is about this idea.]

Mom and I are going to be moving to Heropa soon.

not right away, we need time to pack and find a house and everything, but maurtia falls isn't safe for me any more

I still like it there but i can't defend myself well, and I can't have people around me to protect me 24 hours a day, so it feels like the longer i'm there the more likely it is that something bad's going to happen

so be prepared!! the Tina tornado is going to take heropa by storm!!! and the linda... lightning bolt??

let me know what's good there as far as shopping and entertainment and stuff too

Comments

[lasersounds]

kids...aren't always the best at being nice. for what it's worth? weird is cool and fun, in my honest opinion.

though i guess i can see how the whole family business thing didn't always help it out--pretty cool to have though, honestly. to have that /thing/ you can call your own, you know?

[continuousgroaning]

Oh yeah. and i'm a soft heart so I kept trying to make friends with them anyway. but it was harder for me to assert myself back home in some ways, too. i let people walk over me a lot. my siblings included.

yeah honestly I didn't mind. i also think about the relationships some kids i know back home had with their parents and count myself lucky my mom and dad love each other, love us for who we are, and keep each other going when things are rough.

[lasersounds]

seems like you're growing out of that whole "let people walk all over me" thing here though. maybe you'll get that back home too?

hey, props to you and your family. family means a lot you know? it's good that you've got something to keep you all together like that.

[continuousgroaning]

yeah, maybe. i've still got a lot of time to grow and a lot of things to learn no matter where i am.

I'd rather have that than a lot of money. our restaurant didn't do well a lot of the time but having a loving family is something I'll never take for granted.

[lasersounds]

all part of growing up, T. trust me, i'm still figuring stuff out.

family is definitely worth more than all the money in the world, in my opinion.

[continuousgroaning]

i don't think anybody really ever has everything figured out. which is reassuring. it's easy to feel overwhelmed sometimes.

it is. I still think about and miss them every day. louise would love this place.