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The Outside Heart

If someone painted me, they would have to paint my heart outside of my chest. It is hanging there, feeling, experiencing. My heart processes everything first. Then it gives it to my head. Most of the time my heart takes things very personally. It goes into a heartbreaking position. I have been trying to get my heart further inside, behind the chest but no luck.…
Christina
December 20, 2017
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The Glue Under Your Feet

It may seem unending. Your shoulders, shuddering. The day, unyielding. But did you know you can bear the loss? It may be easier for me to talk to the people who are just feeling a little down today. It is easier to lift them up. But I am not talking to them. I am talking to the ones who had something very cataclysmic happen. Something…
Christina
November 17, 2017
BlogMessage In A BottleThe First Year

It Found You Crying in Front of the TV

I don’t know how it comes back, but it does. It comes knocking on your door. Even though you can barely notice it at first. I am talking about the feeling of wanting to live again. I know you never thought it would come back. You didn’t believe it could find you. But it did. It found you crying in front of the TV. And…
Christina
November 10, 2017
BlogMessage In A BottleThe First Year

Don’t Ask Me How Long Grief Lasts

“How long does grief last?” Someone asked me the other day. “You still write about it Christina, 11 years later. Are you still grieving?” I don’t know, but something happens to me when I am asked these questions. I want to start laughing out loud. You know that ironic laughter, that insinuates that this is a ridiculous question. But then again it’s not their fault,…
Christina
October 27, 2017
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