Category: Young Adult (20-24)

Letter #313

Content Warnings: anxiety, emotional abuse, abandonment, depression, parental trauma   Dear Shugarrr, Yolanda is in a state of grief. She simply does not know how to feel. Not for herself, but for my siblings who lost their father, or is it just a man they know in the abstract? To be honest, Yolanda and her… Continue reading Letter #313

Letter #315

Content Warnings: self-deprecation, internalized colorism   Dear Shugarrr, These days when I’m online, I see content made around beautiful women who are poor or in poor conditions. You hear statements like “oh, she’s so beautiful.”I’m not being jealous or anything, but the truth is that people excuse beautiful people for anything and everything. They make… Continue reading Letter #315

Letter #287

Content warnings: stress Journal 5 I truly don’t know how to keep myself together. Today was evidence that my procrastination has gotten out of hand. I had a set schedule, yet I found myself pushing off the simplest tasks farther and farther—even simple things, like doing my laundry or sending an email. It seems like… Continue reading Letter #287

Letter #310

Dear stranger,    How are you? I hope you’ve been well, if not, that’s alright too. I think as of late, I’ve been figuring out who I am, but it’s been really difficult. I realized that life doesn’t wait for me and that time has been slipping through my fingers. I feel like I need… Continue reading Letter #310

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