Dear Diary,
The weather matches my mood: dard and sad. I got a message from father almost right after I got mother's letter. He told me not to worry about what she said, and that hard times were to be expected, even in the country. He also said that if I needed anything, then to call him and he'll help. That's what I love about my father. He knows when to leave well enough alone and when to step in. Maybe that has something to do with his background.
You see, my mother came from a rather wealthy family, while my father came from a small town similar to Resemboul. I think it's somewhere in the southwest area. Anyway, they married after Daddy's business boomed and moved to a city in the north. Daddy was brought up to be self-dependable, to work for what you got. Mother was raised in just the opposite way. But, regardless, they were in love (or so I like to think) and doing well. I'm their first and only child. Mother spoiled me as she was spoiled, but Daddy spoiled me in a completely different way. He doted, of course, because I was his only child and his daughter, but he never took it as far as mother did. When she went shopping without me, he allowed me to change from the frilly dresses I always wore into boy's clothes. Then I could run around until mother came home. He did always expect me to be polite at formal gatherings, which I thought was pretty fair.
Another difference in the way they raised me, is that mother taught me how to get other people to do things for me. Dad taught me how to do things myself, but also to accept help from others if I need it. Obviously, you can't get anyone to do any of your work for you here in Resemboul, because they have their own things to do.
Anyway, now you know about where I came from. I've learned not to tell anyone, even a diary, about my rich background because people tend to loot at you funny. That stops when they see you pull your own weight but still. I don't think I'll tell Hoenheim anything either. I couldn't stand for him to look at me like that.
Love always,
--Trisha