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OPEN LOVE LETTERS is a self-isolation project by you and for you, encouraging letter writing, staying connected and feeling: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/open-love-letters.html.
Each letter is now also typed out to ensure everybody can read each one. I’m going to be sharing some of my faves so far..
Each letter is now also typed out to ensure everybody can read each one. I’m going to be sharing some of my faves so far..
Letter #1: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/to-whomever-it-may-concern.html
"I have discovered I like green tea with a teaspoon of honey and that I make very good banana bread [...] I focus on how warm the sun feels on my face instead of how many calories I've burned, which is new."
"I have discovered I like green tea with a teaspoon of honey and that I make very good banana bread [...] I focus on how warm the sun feels on my face instead of how many calories I've burned, which is new."
Letter #7: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/dear-erin.html
"I don't really know where our friendship fell apart, but it did, didn't it? I don't think about you every day, but I do think about you."
"I don't really know where our friendship fell apart, but it did, didn't it? I don't think about you every day, but I do think about you."
Letter #8: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/dearest-reader.html
"I have found myself waking up every morning feeling so at ease in the midst of this madness [...] finding extra amounts of joy in cooking us scrambled eggs, or seeing him running me a bubble bath."
"I have found myself waking up every morning feeling so at ease in the midst of this madness [...] finding extra amounts of joy in cooking us scrambled eggs, or seeing him running me a bubble bath."
Letter #11: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/a-love-letter-to-manchester.html
"A love letter to Manchester: my hometown in a basin, I used to always write for you. You were the place I hung my hat and my heart and you were always there, in everything I did."
"A love letter to Manchester: my hometown in a basin, I used to always write for you. You were the place I hung my hat and my heart and you were always there, in everything I did."
Letter #15: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/hello-angel.html
"I hope you have a warm, soft day. I'm thinking of the day when our cheeks can touch again, and I can once again smell your hair."
"I hope you have a warm, soft day. I'm thinking of the day when our cheeks can touch again, and I can once again smell your hair."
Letter #16: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/an-open-love-letter.html
"Maybe you just aren't smart or careful enough(?!); maybe if you could stop thinking about what you are not(!!??), you might actually finish something(!!!???)"
"Maybe you just aren't smart or careful enough(?!); maybe if you could stop thinking about what you are not(!!??), you might actually finish something(!!!???)"
Letter #21: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/to-my-dear-friends.html
"I miss being able to talk through the insane thoughts that take hold when your heart is breaking. And the wonderful squeeze of a hug that comes after it."
"I miss being able to talk through the insane thoughts that take hold when your heart is breaking. And the wonderful squeeze of a hug that comes after it."
Letter #27: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/to-bird-song.html
"Sometimes things change, sometimes they change a lot, but hopefully you can always hear Bird Song."
"Sometimes things change, sometimes they change a lot, but hopefully you can always hear Bird Song."
Letter #29: https://www.aureliamagazine.com/p/to-fears-old-and-new.html
"I think of how the dog would be a welcome presence right at this moment [...] But, I'm alone, and I'm still swallowed, whole. I'm Jonah in the whale's stomach, but without the faith or conviction."
"I think of how the dog would be a welcome presence right at this moment [...] But, I'm alone, and I'm still swallowed, whole. I'm Jonah in the whale's stomach, but without the faith or conviction."
