Dear Charity Shop Volunteer,

I really liked coming in today, I walk past your shop a lot but never go in but today I felt compelled to (as well as the fact that I was waiting for a bus and very cold)! There seemed to be such a good atmosphere in your shop and so many people, it was really buzzing.
I enjoyed flicking through the books and taking a look at the clothes and came out with some good purchases, thank you for being inviting and for volunteering- we need people like you to make sure places like this stay open. I might pop by again one day, watch out for me!

Dear Library Lady,

Thank you so much for smiling at me today I really appreciated you spreading some joy, even though I didn't feel happy smiling back did cheer me up for a bit :)

Dear Scan Lady,

I went to see you last month and you did my bone density scan, I thought I did really well even though I was incredibly nervous having it done. Someone on reception kept ringing and leaving me messages to ring up the surgery. I managed to one day and they said that you had done it wrong, how could you do this to me?? All that time I wasted panicking about why they needed to talk to me and what the result might mean and it turns out that everything was done wrong- your mistake and that they are sorry.
Now I have to go back to the surgery for another one, this time a whole body scan that I am even more nervous about. Sitting here on a computer typing this is making me worry even more because I have just realised I have forgotten the tracksuit bottoms that I need to wear... now I'll have to go buy some. And I'm too scared to go in the shopping centre, great..... if only you had done the scan right in the first place; none of this would have happened.

Dear Blogger,

I'm not sure that I like this new layout that you have created. I don't like all of this change.

Dear Blog Writer,

I really enjoy reading your blog. The message you share is really amazing. I want to use it here so others can see it, if you're interested here is the link... Ed Bites: kintsugi

I am a broken plate; flawed yet beautiful.
xx

Dear Teenagers out there,

As a fellow teen I know how tough it can get. I think that sharing my story or at least parts of it helps. Maybe if you are struggling you should try the same.
Teen Week: Words That Heal

Dear Reading Log,

I started you in January last year. I think I have begun to get very competitive with you now, I'm not sure if that is such a good thing or not.

Last year I read 55 books in total and recorded down the necessary details so I could catalogue each read. This year I have already read 35 and I want to reach 55 desperately already just so I can say I beat myself last year... I think now that I'm struggling to control my feelings and weight I've started to become a reading machine and am only reading to beat myself rather than to escape from things like I used to.
Maybe the reading log wasn't such a great idea...

Dear you know who you are,

I wrote you a huge letter last night and managed to share it with someone today; she helped me to see that I am not to blame for all those things you did to me- like an abused child you took away their power and they didn't have the tools to stop you- just as I didn't. I'm not going to give you the pleasure of looking at the letter; you don't deserve to know my pain.
Ellie

Dear Ex-Boyfriend,

sweet dreams gorgeous night night xxxxxxxWhat is all this about...?
We had a chat online for about 3 mins after you wrote to me saying hi. I don't want you to call me gorgeous, I want all of the horrible things you did to me to be erased and for 'us' to have never existed, yet you still have a powerful hold on me and I don't like it.

Dear Video Girl,

You made me cry watching this video- your message is very true and it challenged some of my points/arguments against my parents earlier today.

http://ed-bites.blogspot.com/2012/03/end-silence.html