May 10, 2009
Dear Mother:
How are you? I wish you are fine. The reason of this letter is to make you know the motive why I had to leave home on Friday. Well, mom you know that when is the time of going to my house I am always excited because there has been a week without seeing you guys and I really miss you. You know that I love the way that you treat us; I am still your little baby. But I also have grown up and also changed a lot throughout these years. There are some things about you and my brother Kevin that really stresses me up when I arrive home on Fridays and is the way that Kevin treats you. Sometimes he curses on you and you do not even punish him, instead you go and buy him whatever he wants: games for the playstation, for the psp, etc. Last time that I went home you bought him the guitar hero game. I believe that you are doing things wrong and if you want him to be a good kid and useful for the society you need to demonstrate to him some character and make him know that the person who decides what is going to be done in your house is you and my stepfather. Something that I have notice is that when my stepfather punishes or puts some character on Kevin you tell him that he is not is father and to leave him alone, because of that Kevin also lost respect to him and he now does whatever he wants. I believe that Kevin is now in a point where nobody can really make him change; only a psychiatrist could help him and medication. If you don’t take this decision fast he will end up destroying our family emotional and mental health. You know why I tell you this. This Friday when I arrived at home Kevin was misbehaving, cursing on you and also hitting my sister. When my stepfather tried to put him on his place and put some shame on him, he tried to grab Kevin but he stumbled with the furniture and broke something, you rapidly started to yell at him and to curse him with some very strong words that I am not going to repeat. You treated him in a way that I believe was really out of place. Also you made him look like someone that Kevin can disrespect whenever he wants. He always loses his authority when he tries to help you with Kevin’s misbehaviour. That is not all, you went to the kitchen and grabbed a knife and menace him that you were going to kill him. In that moment was when I had to intervene with you, I know I had to increase the volume of my voice but if I did do it maybe something lamentable would’ve happen. I put my life in risk in that moment where you were blind of anger, but thank God you didnot do nothing, maybe God made me be there in that moment to prevent something worst to happen. Well in that moment I saw that my brother needs help and you need to look for it immediately because if not because of him you are going to end up in jail or in a mental hospital. I beg you to do me that favor. This was the reason why I had to leave on Friday, and I couldn’t share with you on Mother’s Day, but you know that I love you. I did it because I cannot accept anyone to ruin my peace. Since I study and live at Mayaguez I have learned to live with peace in my heart. I live as I like with no discussions, people cursing or bothering me, fights, etc. I exhort you mom to try to change in that aspect and try to make our home a peaceful place where I could feel comfortable. If not I will have to make the decision to stop going on the weekends to your house, because I don’t find the peace and concentration that I need to study and I am not going to risk my grades because of my brother Kevin. I wish you consider my petition and I want you to know that I love you.
Your son,
Julius C. Reyes
