What’s so beautiful of a young artistic mind. It is he or she that fills the world with laughter. Now discard that who is she? Lima where are you who are you. A chef a cook a home or a forest. Yet I don’t want to be I’m crazy I’m insane people look at me quite ill yet they are ill and cause depression for they have not seen happiness the way god…read more

You will have alot of names, not just in this lifetime but in other lifetimes as well. They took away your name but they can never take away who you truly are. Our names are powerful and important but so is your true Soul. The life path evolves and the trauma deeply impacted you but your one true Soul and dazzling light still shines. Your very…read more

To the me I wish to be,

One day you’ll think about this letter while you sip champagne with all of your new fancy friends. You’ll talk about how our love of pretend turned into your love of stories and how the writing came easy to us. You’ll cite Hemmingway as your favorite author, but I know it’s truly Maas.
What you won’t talk about is all of…read more

Are we happy?
We chose ourselves.
We finally understood that our greatest weapon is us. And the most lethal artillery we could carry was, and is compassion. Perhaps we could talk tangible numbers but we realized far too long ago that subjective materialism brought us no joy. We made people remember they’re intrinsic worth. We reminded folks of t…read more

Dear Me,

The irony of this letter is bittersweet.

I look back on my life now and see hopefulness, a life filled with joy and contentment.

Yet at times I weep at the lack in which my present day stillness lay meek.

I have found life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to be disgusted by the definite perplexities in which I once knew. That…read more

Dear future self
We got out of a situation that almost killed us
Moved to a state that took us away from her
Got into therapy and hoped our pain would go away
Some days are better than others
Some days we’re perfectly fine
Others we’re crying wishing that she’d change
Dear future self
Can you tell me if it ever gets better?
I’m breathing
But it…read more

How are you doing? I hope your days are not that heavy anymore. I hope your eyes twinkle every day with the smallest little thing. You have always been so pure, letting yourself be surprised by a sunset or the smile of a stranger on the street. I would love to see you being happy.

I want to know everything about you, did you find your path, or…read more

Genie In a Bottle- Myah Cook

I wonder where you are right now. Overlooking a vast, majestic sea? Having a cocktail at a best friend’s wedding? Tearing up as you are watching your first born walk across the stage to receive their high school diploma?

If I had a genie in a bottle, I wouldn’t even need three wishes. My wish would be to take a p…read more

Dear Rashan,

I know that this letter is a cry for help and a plea for answers. Since seeking help through therapy these are the questions I have for you and hope when this reach you that they can be answered. I just want to know if I’m still here, if I’m still alive, and if I’m still fighting the same battles. I want to know if I’m still trying…read more

Dear Unseen,

I was startled by a pair of eyes that belonged to me from when I was seventeen. She caught me off guard and asked me if I knew her from somewhere – somehow before. I don’t think she recognized the face that was her own; there were dark circles in stacks like sodden bags under the eyes and a slump of the shoulders that staggered t…read more

The Road I Am Walking:
This road im on
It’s a wild ride
But I’ll keep riding until Dawn
Pushing into being an adult
I try to make wise choices so that I see the result
Reminding myself daily it’s alright to be full of love
In a sparrow world, I can continue to be a dove
Confusing as it may be;
I still desire consistency
I choose to make…read more

Dear Bee,

To think that the visions in your head leaped from consciousness, to paper, and now to the tangible world through sheer manifestation is mind blowing. However, you always knew the truth of what you were meant to do. I’m here to tell you it was all in the plan.
You put in the effort and cultivated discipline only the elite groups s…read more

Kind Parent to Be
By Berita Nibigira
Dear 26-year-old Me,

Up until 2022, the idea of child-rearing gave you panic attacks and anxieties. Although you love and are great with them, you did not desire to have children because you thought you did not have the patience to raise well-balanced and emotionally unscared children. You used to ask…read more

Dear, Future self…
Have you stopped living under everyone else’s shadows? Have you stopped caring about what everyone else thinks? Are you living your life freely, and for you for once? Have you learned to be selfless, and put yourself first? Last I checked you were at a crossroad. Unsure of where to go, torn between being who you are expected…read more

Dear FELICE,

I am looking in the mirror while I dictate this because I truly don’t know who I see as we are all combined as I am at this moment. I visualize you when you are so small, so scared and so innocent from one moment begging me for help to release you and other times I am greeted with a wide smile, the very smile I hid from others b…read more

When I am elderly I will bake my mothers famous pannukakku recipe and give out maple syrup treats to the neighborhood children.
I will wipe my brow before I start cooking and the room will smell of sweet cinnamon and lavender.
There will be no need for wine in my cupboard because those youthful days have passed. Buttercups and lilacs will grow…read more

To my future self I have a few questions to start.
Did you fill the lines on your face with botulism and tar?
Did you sail the world real real far?
Did you marry someone real bizarre?
Finally learn to drive those flying cars?
Did you meet your goals?
Did you heal your soul?
And do you still fear aging?
I fear that death is paging me before…read more

Dear 26 year old Sierra Jade,

You have finally become your most –
Queer, black, polyamorous,
Creative, intense, passionate,
Deserving, loving, giving,
Inspired, dedicated, hopeful,
Honest, open and authentic self.

It is ten years into the future. We moved to the place of our dreams with the woman we love. Every day, we are encompassed in our…read more

Dearest Michelle,You were born into this world a fighter and that is what you have done for the last 45 years. FIGHT. You have fought through childhood’s traumatic curve balls, and you have continued to push through the many faces, and storms of domestic violence. It is time to rest. It is time to put your dreams of connecting victims of traumatic…read more