the river can be so beautiful...
dear eastside esplanade/springwater corridor,
thank you for being so flat, so beautiful and so full of friendly bikers! i've been meaning to tell you both this, since i've been using you so much for biking all the way to work, but i haven't gotten around to it.
yours truly (or whenever i am biking to sellwood),
christina
dear weather,
thank you for being so nice the last few days! it's just been near perfect outside!
sincerely,
christina
dear everyone i work for,
you're all so amazing! i am so lucky to have be involved with and work for so many positive and interesting people with cool, smart kiddos. you all make me feel so talented and wanted, i just hope you all know how much i look up to you all!
with love,
christina
dear bicycle,
you're cute, you really are... but i wish you weren't so heavy. also, that flat tire i got just before having to head over to babysit for someone, that was so not cool! i know you can't help what you weigh, but don't be surprised if i decide to buy another road bike when i get back from new york. something lighter - and maybe even cuter!
yours (for now),
christina
dear people i know (in real life),
i am tired of a lot of you doing everything halfway. lovers and friends should be more sincere, should try harder, or you're going to loose me sooner rather than later. there's no need to talk behind my back and do things to provoke reactions from me. oh - always talking about yourself, asking me for advice you never follow or asking me for solutions to problems you don't really want to solve - those things get so old! it starts with me not bothering to call you anymore (and you not calling me because you weren't calling much, if ever, before) and it graduates into us having not hung out for weeks or even months because i give up on inviting you to places (because you don't return the favor unless you're bored and there's no one else around). i have no animosity toward you, it's just that i run out of energy in unbalanced relationships with people who turn out to be not so nice, not so positive or not so caring about the world around them.
regretfully yours,
christina
dear friends that are awesome,
it seems there are so few of you these days, but i am so glad to have you! you know who you are... you're the friends who are affirming, supportive, nurturing and reliable. maybe we don't talk consistently (during a school year, an art project, a trip), but i know you love me, i love you and that i can always come to you. you make me strive to be a better person and to surround myself with better people, to let go of those who don't give me what i want and need in any kind of relationship (friend, love, work). i hope you know how much i love you and that i will always be there for you.
with all my love,
christina
thank you for being so flat, so beautiful and so full of friendly bikers! i've been meaning to tell you both this, since i've been using you so much for biking all the way to work, but i haven't gotten around to it.
yours truly (or whenever i am biking to sellwood),
christina
dear weather,
thank you for being so nice the last few days! it's just been near perfect outside!
sincerely,
christina
dear everyone i work for,
you're all so amazing! i am so lucky to have be involved with and work for so many positive and interesting people with cool, smart kiddos. you all make me feel so talented and wanted, i just hope you all know how much i look up to you all!
with love,
christina
dear bicycle,
you're cute, you really are... but i wish you weren't so heavy. also, that flat tire i got just before having to head over to babysit for someone, that was so not cool! i know you can't help what you weigh, but don't be surprised if i decide to buy another road bike when i get back from new york. something lighter - and maybe even cuter!
yours (for now),
christina
dear people i know (in real life),
i am tired of a lot of you doing everything halfway. lovers and friends should be more sincere, should try harder, or you're going to loose me sooner rather than later. there's no need to talk behind my back and do things to provoke reactions from me. oh - always talking about yourself, asking me for advice you never follow or asking me for solutions to problems you don't really want to solve - those things get so old! it starts with me not bothering to call you anymore (and you not calling me because you weren't calling much, if ever, before) and it graduates into us having not hung out for weeks or even months because i give up on inviting you to places (because you don't return the favor unless you're bored and there's no one else around). i have no animosity toward you, it's just that i run out of energy in unbalanced relationships with people who turn out to be not so nice, not so positive or not so caring about the world around them.
regretfully yours,
christina
dear friends that are awesome,
it seems there are so few of you these days, but i am so glad to have you! you know who you are... you're the friends who are affirming, supportive, nurturing and reliable. maybe we don't talk consistently (during a school year, an art project, a trip), but i know you love me, i love you and that i can always come to you. you make me strive to be a better person and to surround myself with better people, to let go of those who don't give me what i want and need in any kind of relationship (friend, love, work). i hope you know how much i love you and that i will always be there for you.
with all my love,
christina