July 31, 2003 Summary

Jessie is writing back to hope. She thanks her for saying that her journalism experience and every experience is a learning one. Jessie says that she was too poor to experience anything interesting during her visit. She also says that she didn't even get to bond with her sister and niece because their family dynamic was so messed up.

When Jessie picks up her letter writing again, she apologizes for the delay but says that she and Marcus have been having a lot of sex since she got back to New Jersey. Today is the first day that has been sunny, so they venture out of the house to the beach. While sitting on the beach, Marcus talks about a seminar he attended. It talked about how we chase things that we think will make us happy. While achieving them do make us...