Dear Reader,As I write this letter to you it is January 19th, 2026. You only are allocated 510 minutes per month, and the most you can spend on the phone in one session is 15 minutes. So, I call Lauren once per day for 15 minutes and place one 15 minute call to my mother, my father, and my grandmother per month. Rationing the phone minutes is stressful, making sure I have enough minutes left to make the calls I want to make is something I check and double check every week. Sometimes there are other things I must wipe up that is not fit to discuss in this letter, but you can use your imagination.