I forced my real life friends to join in. Even though I already knew my friends, talking them to on slowly was a completely different experience.

You do not have to be worried about being judged or misinterpreted at all. Everyone is so welcoming and accepting.

I could open up and my insecurities of fitting in were understood with curious encouragement.

Because of you, I have 2 friends, one fluent with whom I share with all my trust and soul and another with whom I have to force myself a little.

Slowly gave me hope, captured in a letter.

Earth can be a scary, chaotic place, but it feels more like home when you know there are people thousands of miles away who are willing to face the challenges here with you.

Она как будто проснулась после мучительного кошмара недопонимания и обиды. Она начала узнавать себя в других, заново понимать свои и чужие эмоции

This time, it was to a person living in the same country.

He introduced me to Slowly and told me if you're afraid to say things to your family, you should probably be fine to talk about it to a stranger.

I didn't know I was about to meet someone new to talk on a deeper level about everything.

I opened it and found Alexandru's last letter with worrying about my current situation and how I had been.

We are celebrating our one year of friendship!