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[Sean and Althea] Just in case
Hey both of you. This is probably not the best way to go about this but I’ve had this on my mind lately and it is not like I can send either of you…
Sep 12
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Dana Seilhan
August 2023
[Althea] Why I'm angry: Isolation edition
Dear Althea, Last time I wrote in this theme, it was about your father telling you that I had wanted an abortion in my pregnancy with you, and he told…
Aug 3
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Dana Seilhan
July 2023
[Sean and Althea] My current situation
Hey, kiddos. Yes, I know you’re not kiddos anymore. I used to roll my eyes when senior members of my family told me I would always be their baby/ their…
Jul 10
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Dana Seilhan
[Althea] Why I am not in therapy
Dear Althea, I seem to never completely quit thinking about our situation and everything that went horribly wrong. I was like this about your brother…
Jul 2
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Dana Seilhan
May 2023
[Althea] Why I'm angry: Abortion edition
Dear Althea, At the present moment, as you know, you’ve gone no-contact with me and I, unless I message you with my new phone number, won’t be…
May 28
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Dana Seilhan
[Sean] Hello, firstborn
Dear Sean, I still have to sort of figure out what I want to say to you and how I want to arrange it, because my natural tendency is to just type a huge…
May 10
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Dana Seilhan
[Althea] Time to go?
Dear Althea, I have finished day two of my new job, and so far I like it. I realize this is premature and that I can’t really get a good feel for how…
May 10
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Dana Seilhan
[Althea] Graduation
Dear Althea, Congratulations on your graduation. I found out about it by googling your trans name (Quill) and running across the UU Church’s video of…
May 1
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Dana Seilhan
April 2023
Introduction
If a writer setting up a Substack for the purpose of writing letters to her adult children seems a shade too personal for you, that’s because it is. So…
Apr 26
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Dana Seilhan
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