Comments | _trappedinabox: Won't heal till I'm stronger.

_trappedinabox

Won't heal till I'm stronger.

Mar 03, 2005 01:13

Dear All,

Can you recall a time in which you wrote a letter to someone, but then you left it unsent? Maybe you left the page intact in the back of your notebook, or maybe you tore it off and crumpled it, leaving it astray among other unwanted things. Either way, you probably forgot about it, until that one day that you look back and realize how ( Read more... )

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is it taboo to reply? luckkittylitter March 3 2005, 17:10:20 UTC

dear xtina,
writing unsent letters is something i too often. i almost made a zine out of letters, but i never finished it. there are some letters i'll never forget--mostly the ones in my LJ and the ones that never left my heart. the letters written to people who just up and left me when i was sure i needed them most. others to people i hardly think about. and then suddenly i'm hit "with a ton of bricks" (yay for my mother's cliches euphenisms). and so i write a million more just like it.
just so you know, if you ever need an ear, i have two available. even if i don't know most of the people in your life.
xo
kitty

Re: is it taboo to reply? _trappedinabox March 3 2005, 17:32:44 UTC

Dear Kitty,
I will tell you one thing right now -- another reason why the letter was so hard to send was because I couldn't quite figure out if this person was someone that would either, to quote you: a) leave me "when I was sure I needed them most" or b) become a person that "I hardly think about". It's rare anyway if I get instinct to tell me such things, but still...
I guess it does me no good to worry now when I only have a few hours to wait and see what happens. Then I'll be sure to let you know what exactly is going on.
Signed, sincerely,
Xtina

swirvy March 4 2005, 04:37:26 UTC

this scene is all too familiar to me. i know exactly what it's like to sputter out all these thoughts from pen to paper, scribbling furiously everything that has been on your mind. i think you did the right thing by actually sending it. so many of us are cowards for not sending those letters. me, being one of them. so many times i have tried to write it all out, and so many times i've found myself reading those letters over and over again, and then shaking my head no and tossing it away instead.

there had to have been a good reason why you wrote that letter, so whether they are fleeting thoughts or not, i believe that there was a significant reason for you writing that letter. and if you wrote it, it does have some significance. obviously, i don't know what the contents of the letter contained, but don't regret what you did. it's a brave thing to do.

_trappedinabox March 5 2005, 07:04:50 UTC

Thank you so much for the assurance, Amy. You have no idea how much I appreciate this.

Always here! punksta_mix March 4 2005, 22:59:23 UTC

You got MY support and Zee Zee's and Chris' and everyone else's babe... I love you to death ya know that! <3<3<3<3 I'm still sad that you won't marry me though! hope it got a laugh outta you :)

Re: Always here! _trappedinabox March 5 2005, 07:05:23 UTC

I don't want to marry you... but hooray for making me laugh... XD

Re: Always here! punksta_mix March 5 2005, 15:59:19 UTC

I KNOW you don't want to marry me... it's quite sad actually... :( meanie!

Re: Always here! _trappedinabox March 5 2005, 21:56:16 UTC

I've been called meanie a lot lately... hmm.

(Em) anonymous March 10 2005, 00:25:01 UTC

I have a few of those.. I have one for you actually! And at the rate I'm going, it might end up as one of "those" letters, lol.

Re: (Em) _trappedinabox March 10 2005, 03:47:07 UTC

Seize the day! SEND IT!