Originally written in Turkish, translated by OpenAI.
I met Ginevra, who is now my closest friend, through Slowly. Even though we didn’t send many letters to each other, we quickly got to know each other through Slowly :). Let me begin; I was going to the city of Jesolo in Italy for a choir festival organized by my school. During that time, I decided to find myself an Italian friend. After sending letters to a few people, I came across Ginevra. I still remember the first letter I wrote to her :’). After exchanging a few letters, we shared our social media accounts with each other.
When I went to Italy, we couldn’t meet because of her health problems. But maybe fate had decided to reunite us, because before a year had passed since my trip to Italy, she told me it would be possible for her to come to Turkey, that her family had given permission, and that we would be able to meet. I can’t even describe how happy I was. Writing this now while she’s next to me feels both strange and wonderful. Time has passed so quickly that I find myself back in the moment when we first saw each other and hugged. We hugged and cried.
Throughout this year, we shared so much. Even though we don’t speak the same language, don’t live in the same country, and aren’t related by blood, she is my Italian sister.
And I would also like to add a big thank you to the dear Slowly team who brought us together. Without you, we couldn’t have done this. I hope this app will continue to bring together millions of friendships like ours.
With love and respect,
Eylül
