I woke up a little more tired than usual.
My brain noticed my puffy face
before it remembered to be kind.
Or maybe I don’t like the way
my pink hair color keeps fading away.
Either way…
Didn’t I finish my meditation last night?
And slept just in time last night?
Whatever. It doesn’t work all the time.
Even when you follow all the 10 steps
of your favorite wellness routine.
Maybe I am caring a little too much
about things that will probably
not matter by next Friday.
Maybe it is tiredness
from some of my baggage
from the last season.
I still do wanna keep the things
I packed in my summer bags.
I do wanna hold on to summer
a little longer.
Neither did I finish my
summer bucket list.
Nobody is checking
whether I have moved on
according to my schedule.
It is just an ordinary Friday.
I am already tired,
as I said.
All I want
is my new-favorite coffee
and to get through the day
without making a whole personality
out of my puffy face.
Then, suddenly,
I see a package at my door.
I put it away.
Must be someone else’s order.
But curiosity
has always been my strongest weakness.
So, naturally,
I sneak a peek at the letters on that package.
WHATTTT?
A birthday present
from my best friend in the Netherlands.
Sent almost a month ago.
I almost cried.
It’s still summer, right?
Because how do you explain
the happiness of being remembered
in such a specific way?
She knows the little things
that make me ridiculously happy.
The letter she wrote,
I have reread, and reread, and read it again.
The coffee got a bit cold
because I have forgotten about it again.
Yeah.
This is going to be my new favorite accessory.
Only she and Gwendo know what I mean.
She still thinks
it arrived a little too late.
Little does she know,
she can fix things
that even my 10-step wellness routine can’t.
And just like that,
life is good again.
S.
16.10.2026