written on october 8, 2024
dear you,
you are singular & plural at the same time.
you delight me with your multitudes. your depth. your expansiveness.
I love knowing you. [and, to a select few within this bracket:] I love fucking you.
you make me happy to be alive.
you give me space & permission to be myself.
with you, I come alive. with you, I am able to be more myself than I’ve ever been before.
I need you in the natural, human, beautiful way that we all need one another.
I need you, and I want you. I want you, and I love you.
you are so easy to love.
you are so easy for me to love.
you are so loveable.
in you, I see me.
you are my medicine, my mirror, and my teacher.
I love doing life with you. I love journeying together.
I have so much fun with you. I love how much we laugh together.
you bring me endless joy & camaraderie. lightness. ease. grace. sweetness. magic. adventure. a sense of possibility. connection to the depth & breadth of what is possible.
today, [one of] you told me that I had a gift from god.
today, [another one of] you told me that you “really liked me” in the most unexpectedly adorable & heart-opening context possible.
today, [another one of] you showed me that you are committed to making time with & for me and us.
today, [another one of[ you told me earnestly that you were on-call all the time to be of service to me in whatever ways I need while I’m in SF. and I felt your heart.
today, [another one of[ you were kind & generous to me with something I struggle with and could easily shame myself for.
you teach me things I could never learn alone.
you teach me things I don’t want to learn alone.
you teach me that I don’t have to be alone.
you teach me that I am & can be loved as I am.
thank you for everything.
I am so grateful for your companionship.
I am so humbled by our friendship.
I am so touched by your love, trust & support.
thank you for opening your heart to me.
I am a better woman, lover, friend, partner, and person because of you.
I love all you are.
to many more years together.
to a lifetime of joyfully expansive adventure.
to love. to truth. to power. to peace. to freedom. to devotion. to pleasure. to integrity.
to embodying limitlessness.
to allowing what wants to move through us to move through us.
to unshaming our natural impulses.
to giving ourselves space to breathe, feel & expand— together & apart.
to loving with a wide-open heart.
you know who you are,
Rachel