And just like that, my "wildly fanciful" dream came true! We spent two of my travel days together. With her company, I experienced a different side of Japan and had deeper interactions with a local person.

It wasn’t just about reconnecting with others it was about rediscovering my own resilience and the joy of opening up to the unexpected gifts of friendship.

Sometimes it comes slowly, letter by letter, until it becomes what it was always meant to be.

Though I still struggle to find who my core self is, well at least I made some good friends along the way!

Through Slowly, I met many friends from different regions and countries, including some from places I had never been familiar with before.

When I first joined Slowly, my goal was to make a few friends, but I’ve also managed to improve my German along the way.

I always thank any one who is actually taking time to reply, you don't really know how those words can lift-up your penpal moot !

Whatever is happening in my life, I can just write to her; it feels so relaxing I can't explain it.

It all started with a letter... But that letter was only the beginning.

I loved discovering what she wrote to me, I loved her words and her way of saying “goodbye” by sending hugs...

Together with him, I tasted things I had never tasted, listened to songs I had never heard, and discovered a country unknown to me.

I met someone from the USA—now a dear friend for over two years. He’s a beautiful soul, effortlessly authentic, and he taught me to believe in myself again.