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Safe?

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  My dearest Sunshine Welcome to my 20 th letter. Thank you for sticking to this journey of mine and for reading every letter I have written to you. I am filled with gratitude for all the time you have spent listening to my rant, and I am now sending you a hug that you can catch over the web as a token of love. Today’s letter is coming from a place of deep hurt and anguish as a woman. I write from a place of privilege. A place where I grew up protected and sheltered to the evils of the world and I thank God Almighty for that protection. Only women can relate to the carnal fear that seeps through our veins when we are a bit delayed at work and we may end up going home late. Only women can relate to the shivers that go down our spine when a bike gets too close to us in public. Only women can relate to adjusting the dress that we wear a everyday a 101 times to make sure that nothing is revealing in case we are ‘asking for it’. Only women can relate to the discomfort of taking pub...

Rabid Raging hearts

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  My warmest Sunshine! How are you? How has your week been? I hope all things are well with you. A new month has begun and I cannot help but wonder, how fast time flies. It reminds me of a hamster on a wheel, you’re running, running, panting wheezing, but you have not gotten anywhere. I feel like I am living the same day over and over and over again in a never-ending washing machine cycle. I take the same route to work, repeat the same clothes, laugh at jokes, look at the sun, look at the clouds and get drenched in the rain (Imagine all of this in a very aesthetic golden filter Instagram reel) The existential dread is gradually catching up to me. Today’s topic is on love. Platonic, romantic, familial, religion I will be yapping about it all. I am going to start off with platonic the best kind let’s be honest.   Friendship is honestly the best type of love you can experience. A bond so strong that it really passes the test of time and stands anchored. A good friend is a pri...