Hi Margaret, the insecure version of my present. I can feel what is seeping through your bones right now. I know how hard you try …
It Is Going to Be Okay
Dear 15-year-old me, I know life is hard right now. But you will get through this; I promise you will because you are very strong. …
I Miss Being You
Dear 10-Year-Old Me, I miss being you. I try to copy you, but I can’t leave aside everything that has happened to me since, good …
John Corey Whaley Discusses Rejection, Mental Illness, and Highly Illogical Behavior
On April 30th at the YALLWEST book festival in Santa Monica, California, I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with John Corey Whaley — …
Dear Past Me: Remember to Take Chances
Dear Past Me, For you, everything is beginning. You are 14, you don’t know anyone. Your sister still lives at home, and you are …
Dear Me from the Past
Dear Me (from the past), Find the wind tribe Look for the music Journey to the end of the world Dance like nobody’s watching …
To the Person I Was: Somehow I’m Still You
To the person I was before, You’re sitting in one corner of your room, hugging your knees to your chest, thinking why it had to …
Dear Past Me
Dear past me, Too often I’m asked to write to future me, or I guess right now it’s present me. Time’ll mess you up, homie. …
Dear 14-Year-Old Me: It Wasn’t Your Fault
Kim Love spent most of her life depressed and overweight. Two years ago she was bedridden with depression. Her way out was to …