Page 13 – Slowly

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I related so much since I just had a “what if” moment then and was feeling rather melancholic.

Slowly gave me hope, captured in a letter.

Although I am an introvert, being alone all the time was very hard.

Without realizing, I got the “Serious writer” stamp for achieving 100 sent out letters…

Unforeseen encounter in the midst of a global pandemic: A story on how I met my best friend twice.

I loved ‘talking’ to Nick because I can write whatever I want without feeling pressured.

I’ve read all our letters again and again several times but every time they gave me the same kind of happiness.

With no pretense, I suddenly found special people who cheer up my heart and make smile and laugh many times.

Last chapter: A transnational friendship

While I was feeling stuck on the traffic of instant messages, SLOWLY showed me clearly another vibrant dimension of networking with people.

When someone replied, I could always tell they were happy I wrote them a letter.

Everytime she used to say that she couldn’t imagine waking up one day and not seeing that a letter was arriving from me, she’d feel upset about it…