Sometimes poignant, often witty letters written to my daughter.
Dear Jessica Brennan, Some people are available, sensitive, always ready to listen and offer comfort when things go wrong. When a friend needs to be heard or understood, they are …
Love and Pain in Equal Proportion Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, We were all so excited to find one antique child’s shoe in the wall last January when we had the house rewired. It inspired our imaginations and …
The Shoe in the Wall Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, Recently, Dad called FedEx, and here’s what happened. Fedex Bot: Welcome to Fedex. Please choose one of the following 75 options Dad: grumble. Chooses option. Fedex Bot: …
Your Dad Talking to Bots Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, Jinx is an indoor cat who always dreams of adventures in the wild expanse of the backyard. The other day, he slipped out undetected and ended up …
Who Let the Cat Out? Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, According to fearof.net the top ten fears of all time are: I did think there would be other things ahead of holes. For example, I know you …
What Are You So Afraid Of? Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, For some reason, journalling, brain dumping and freeform writing have come up in several of my conversations lately. Freeform writing is meant to clear the unconscious and …
Do Blueberries Have Ears? Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, I went to the village to get my hair done last Sunday, and when I came out of the salon, my car was trapped in a section …
Why Didn’t Someone Tell Me? Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, The other day, Dad was sitting in the sunroom while I was two rooms away in the kitchen. Dad said: Have you seen that pill? I heard: …
Did You See Her? Which Way Did She Go? Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, Since my twenties, I have always travelled with flip-flops in my bag. By travel, I mean to faraway places and also to the local restaurant. I might …
Oh, The Things These Flip-Flops Have Seen Keep Reading
Dear Jessica Brennan, When something awful happens, the quicker you can move from “Why me? I don’t want this to happen. How can this be happening? Please, don’t let this …
I Hate It, But It’s Happening Keep Reading