No - you're not a wimp. I understand where you're coming from, and it's a really delicate subject you're dealing with here.

I guess you could print out whatever you have to back up the story and send it. Make sure you print out a mailing label so she doesn't recognize your handwriting too! And make sure no identifying print as to name or email, prints out on what you send too. Doing that is better than doing nothing - IMO.