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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
Five Simple Words
Dear Ms. Powers, You are a true storyteller. Five simple words. These were five simple words that you wrote, perhaps in passing, on the top of an assignment that you handed back to me over nineteen years ago. You have written so many like them since we last saw each other. You probably don’t even remember writing them. But all these years later, I remember reading them. I will never forget them.
By Stephanie Hoogstadabout a year ago in Humans
A Thankful Letter
Dear Mama, Our love story starts way back in 1998. The day you had me. I wasn't the easiest child to take care of due to all my health issues over the years. I watch you still grow in your career. 2010 was a very exciting year. My twin (people always said) got something she worked hard for despite all the obstacles. That year you became my biggest role model. A few years later my sister followed your path, my brother did too, and of course, I followed my twin. Now we are a family of 3 nurses ( You, Ashley, and Me) and a respiratory therapist(Junior).
By L.I.Eabout a year ago in Humans
Dear 1306. First Place in Letters of Gratitude Challenge.
Dear 1306, For so long, I did not know myself. I lived my life aimlessly, not understanding that I was in fact still here, that I had beat my own deadline for my life. Of course, I still reap the consequences of expecting such a swift end. Every day is a gift, truly, as I breathe in the air and learn how to live again, how to live in ignorance of the sword that hangs over us all. These days, I simply pay no mind to it, just let it swing.
By Lizzy Roseabout a year ago in Humans
No Time for Grief
There are so many devastated individuals today. Understandably so. If you are one of the many celebrating the victory of our new president, congratulations. You are some of the few who have the privilege of not needing to worry about your rights being taken away. Good for you. Please remember to show some sympathy for those who are less than ideal today.
By Kaitlyn Caneabout a year ago in Humans
When Silence Speaks
I wake up with a start in the middle of the night. I could have sworn I heard his voice, his call from the living room where his sickbed stood.
By Henrik Hagelandabout a year ago in Humans
Global Mental Health Day
This is not the end of me, this is the beginning. Christina Perri, I Believe I had to write something for this day. I am here to say that I stayed....
By Chloe Rose Violet 🌹about a year ago in Humans
Not the Sex Stories You Were Expecting
I'm an earthy type of girl. Very few topics are off limits, and I ask and give information that would make quite a few polite public topics rather squeamish to others.
By Meredith Harmonabout a year ago in Humans
Be Impossible to Ignore
When you walk into a room, people should feel it. Your presence alone should make them take notice—not because you’re loud or brash, but because you stand for something. The world is full of those who shrink, who blend in, who lower their gaze at the first sign of resistance.
By Edison Adeabout a year ago in Humans