Subject: Setting Boundaries and Boundaries About Health and Family
Dear Sister,
I hear your fear, your anger, and your ache for what we didn’t have. I won’t pretend our past is painless, but I’m protecting my family now—my daughter, my home, my life. Your email felt like a storm: loud, alarming, and hard to absorb. I won’t participate in blame that harms the people I love or drags my child into adult disputes.
If you truly want to reconnect, we need calm, respectful boundaries, and transparency. I’m open to a mediated conversation with clear intentions: to understand, not to accuse; to heal, not to reopen old wounds. Until then, please do not contact my household or home-school decisions. I wish you support and recovery, and I hope you’ll offer the same for us.
With care,
42yo Mandel – protecting my family and my peace