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Happy 25th Birthday Alva,

I wanted to get these words out before AI has left writing meaningless and disingenuous.

It's been long since we've really spoken, but at times I can’t help but catch myself thinking of you. Memories of our time together, though fading, are still some of my fondest.

I'm not looking to go back to those days, but I do wish I could hold onto the memories a little tighter.

Sometimes however, through no effort of my own, i am transported back. I can hear your voice as clear as if you were beside me, your blue coat scrapes over my fingers, and I am sat waiting in your kitchen.

We were young and bound to separate. But having met you certainly– in such a short amount of time – helped change me for the better, to set me up for life after you, from feminism to animal rights; It is undoubtably through having met you that I have come to value close friendships most of all.

Long after our breakup, you shared with me the song “Transatlanticism” and courageously told me you wanted me closer. And in my fears, that in proximity I’d only have more means to push you away, I let our distance gradually yet irreversibly deepen.

And despite this, I’m wholeheartedly grateful that you fought to be my friend after it was over, to hold on just a bit longer until inevitably our grip loosened. I didn’t make it easy. But I'm grateful that we tried .

Some days I think back, and I’m left wondering what you’re working on, what you’re reading, which art and literature move you, what weighs on your mind during tough days, what you’re looking forward to and dream for. I regret not having asked you about the Perks of Being a Wallflower, the Lobster, or the Great Gatsby, at a time when I may have better understood their meaning to you.

But our paths have diverged, and it is no longer my place. There was so much more I’ll never know about the person I've now spent my time forgetting.

I hope you’re doing well, and that life has been kind to you. I know you’ve had experiences with people filled with love for you that far outshine those we shared,and I’m humbled and grateful that they had something to surpass.

Knowing you was a privilege I was not yet ready for. I’m left thankful that we shared a part of this fleeting life together. Despite the distance and the incessant passage of time– and though we may not speak again– I want you to know that having met you has left an enduring, indelible, and most of all, a treasured mark on my life.

Thank you for the memories

With love and gratitude,

Youri

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Listen to the terrifying noises and try not to be scared.

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me after 3 hours sleep 

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“When I was young, women were raped on the campus of a great university and the authorities responded by telling all the women students not to go out alone after dark or not to be out at all. Get in the house. (For women, confinement is always waiting to envelope you.) Some pranksters put up a poster announcing another remedy, that all men be excluded from campus after dark. It was an equally logical solution, but men were shocked at being asked to disappear, to lose their freedom to move and participate, all because of the violence of one man.”

— Rebecca Solnit, Grandmother Spider in Men Explain Things To Me and Other Essays

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When your friend does a good job.

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“Ice Cave” by Georgia O’Keeffe and a photograph of an ice cave.

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Definitely - and after today’s workout where I literally had a nap straight after - this would be gold - wouldn’t it be nice - but I guess if it were easy everyone would do it!

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teacher: maybe we should move the test?

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reblog if you’d end a date if they said they voted for trump

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skin is just people crust