Stories tagged “letter to oneself”
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Dear Younger Me
Dear younger self, Let’s get a few things straight. First: It doesn’t matter what your friends—or even, sometimes (albeit very rarely), your parents—say. Never compromise who you are. Second: That rock band you’re in? Leav...
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Worth Your Own Weight In Gold
To You with the Nappy Hair and Big Lips, I thought I best understood the feeling of loneliness in a place you called home, so I let you handle the only way I knew how. I taught you how to mark your skin with your dissatisfaction—a cut for every “ni...