Bringing and making coffee Planning elaborate home cooked meals Creating a container for excruciatingly difficult conversations Walking you back to your doorstep in a city unfamiliar to both because its unclear it’s safe to walk 5 blocks alone Admiring your tan and curls after 3 decades of being told You need to be fairer and Your hair needs to be straighter Sending you treats when your uterus is wrecking havoc on you for not procreating Reading a 100k word manuscript to assure you you're not a terrible writer Opening up one's homes and hearts Binge watching trash TV Sharing memes Scheduling calls Laughing with and at you Pigeon proofing apartments Building furniture Buying books Physically restraining you from buying out the bookstore and Bodyshop Indulging you while you pick out 17 alibrijes in an artisan market Making space for your anxiety Assuring you that asking hard questions now, will pay off in the long run. Listening to you repeat the same story for the 76th time Pushing you to expand your boundaries Redefining success Calling for no reason whatsoever Feeling happy because you're happy Bringing over a bottle of wine Hugging you tight in the middle of the street Videocalling on the way to work Shit talking when you've ignored their messages for too long Calling you out when you're not listening Sending text messages you re-read Voice notes you re-visit Cards and Letters that make you cry Having the ability to pick up on the slightest switch in mood Filling your apartment with flowers and love Setting up trips together to look forward to Taking the time to check in Making the dystopia we inhabit Worth living.
We have to find joy in the smallest of gestures especially from people we are close to... its a mad world out there .... and as the Beatles sang decades ago... I get by with a little help from my friends !!
A lovely ode to lovely times, feel warm and fuzzy to have shared some of these moments with you. Glad to have you as a friend in this dystopia <3