Read gently. Behind every letter is a real person and a real story.
To Jusdine Rio Nolasco
Perhaps the bitterest form of goodbye is to still carry love in your heart for someone who has already chosen to walk away. So I will let you remain within me as something...
To David
It’s weird to think you were one of my closest friends five years ago and I’ve barely spoken to you since. Romantic feelings come and go, and by the time we had our falling ou...
To Cal
Cal, I found her lipstick on your jacket collar and told myself it was nothing. I wanted to believe you more than I wanted the truth. Three years of birthdays, of meeting y...
To My former boss
You called it leadership when you embarrassed people in meetings. You said pressure made us better. You praised loyalty while expecting us to answer messages at midnight. You...
To My former best friend
I trusted you with the one story I could barely say out loud. You held my hand while I told you. You promised it would stay between us. Two weeks later, people who had no rig...
To Scott
You know what's strange? I keep rehearsing what I'd say to you, and it never comes out clean. So here it is, messy. I trusted you with things I don't hand out easily. My wors...
I spent years trying to understand why you did it. I do not need to understand anymore. I deserved an apology, and I deserved better.
You tell the story like I was dramatic and you were confused. That is not what happened. You knew exactly what you were doing, and I am done carrying the version that protects...
For a long time, I thought healing meant you finally understood what you did. It does not. Healing is me no longer needing your understanding.