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You Believed in Me
Dear Carrie, Most of the time I show up to the gym in a Supernatural-themed T-shirt, black mid-thigh shorts, and sneakers that have seen better days. My socks aren’t trendy. My hair is usually in a ponytail held by an 80s-style scrunchie, and I carry my Walmart bottle of water around. Around me I see the young women and buff men with enviable bodies, but I also see the older folks, working out and improving their quality of life.
By Barb Dukemanabout a year ago in Humans
Timothy
I’m sitting on the floor of the high school gym, yawning at the monotone promises of Student Council candidates. Picking the neon-pink polish from my nails, I glance up to see a young man dressed in white robes stepping up to the podium. Suddenly, I’ve forgotten my nails. The hubbub in the audience goes up a notch as this bearded presidential hopeful announces that his campaign speech will be a reading from John Lennon: In His Own Write.
By Marie Wilsonabout a year ago in Humans
Dear Preacher
Dear Preacher, To begin, I would like to express my gratitude for your presence. I appreciate you have not succumbed to despair and have continued being, not because we require your presence, but because you have recognised the value of your own life. I believe that is remarkable. Facing death regularly and still discovering reasons to persevere is a testament to the strength and courage that life causes.
By Moon Desertabout a year ago in Humans
A Letter to my Friends and Family
To my dear friends, Some of you were only in my life a short time, or we have not met in person for far too long, due to whatever combination of factors. Some of you have been in my life for longer than I care to recall, a steady undercurrent in these turbulent times. Some of you I set out to make friends with, others snuck up on me without warning, until one day I turned around and discovered that the number of my friends had increased.
By Natasja Roseabout a year ago in Humans
a final farewell
To my muse, I am dipping my ink in forgiveness and trying to write your name with soft edges. I want to thank the person you were before that awful October. I want to thank her for the pieces of me she collected and for the steadiness of her hand when she stitched me back together.
By Poppy about a year ago in Humans
Yes, YOU
Dear Vocal community, I missed an appointment today. ECG. They rang me, and they sounded properly pissed off. I don’t blame them, what a waste, with waiting lists as they are. It’s not like me, though, to miss an appointment. Not the kind of thing I do. It’s just, it’s all felt a bit much lately. The other day, I tried to unlock the front door with the car key – not the key itself, the fob, the little button to unlock the car doors. Pointed it at the house and pressed away with mounting frustration. Didn’t even try the door mind you. Perhaps it worked. I wouldn’t know, I didn’t complete the necessary steps to facilitate ingress. I feel a bit like my brain exploded and the pieces are all in there, but rolling around like spilt marbles. I suppose I should be grateful I haven’t lost any, really.
By Hannah Mooreabout a year ago in Humans
Dear Reviewers
Dear Reviewers, Yes my dear reviewers, I realized that I may be technically cheating for this challenge, since I am writing a letter for more than one person, not just one. But the rules for the challenge never said I couldn’t write to more than one person, so here we go.
By Rebecca Pattonabout a year ago in Humans
Take Your Time
Dear M.K.: I am grateful for your extraordinary patience with my anxious questions and my hypochondriacal silliness. As you know only too well, I am not in good health, and my mind is troubled by that fact and a number of other, unfortunate states of affairs. You have not dismissed me as an afflicted crank, despite my embarrassing hysterics. Many in your position would have done so, and the fact that you managed to hang in there means a great deal. If nothing else, someone I respect takes some of my concerns seriously.
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Humans
Dear Isabel. Runner-Up in Letters of Gratitude Challenge.
Dear Mom, I know you’ll never read this letter, and if I were to read it aloud to you, I know you wouldn’t understand it. So I write this as yet one more way to soothe my mental health.
By Rick Henry Christopher about a year ago in Humans
Dear Sandra
Dear Sandra, I don't know where to begin, but as you once told me, "We've all got to start somewhere," so I'm starting here.
By Carol Ann Townendabout a year ago in Humans
Dear you
Dear you, You know who you are. You saw me in the most bare condition. My chest exposed, unzipped, so far past embarrassment that my skeletons were hanging out. Yet, you weren’t phased. You didn’t hand me the shovel with empty opinions such as “you need help” or “I’m worried about you” though those sentences were valid, they never once fell from your lips. Though, most would take that route, you offered a more positive initiative on the vulnerability I vomited upon you. Instead, you poured water into my barbaric garden. You said things that reassured a hopeful tomorrow in exchange for dead ended responses such as “wow, that sucks.”
By Natasha Collazoabout a year ago in Humans
The Reality Show 2025. Content Warning.
Earlier this year, when I was still residing in California and practicing stand-up comedy amongst peers, I made a joke that Kim Kardashian should run for President of the USA. Yes, I definitely think that Americans would vote her in; She's the only female presidential nominee that would gain the respect of Americans, why? Because we like to be entertained and even more so by good looking people with a lot of power and popularity. They are our superheroes, the us who we could never be while also wanting to live in their world. This is the biggest Reality Show of 2025, DT back in the White House. He left his term in 2020, with a whole lot of drama (Jan. 6th) and began again with drama in the courts (34 indictments) I mean, it's all over the media, we are all sucked into the drama of the most unusual suspect to be ruling over the free world.
By Leah Ellaabout a year ago in Humans