Collection
A stiletto shoe
1966, six weeks, and 1998, a few hours
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
It was 1959, I was ten, T. was eleven. We were very much in love. When I told my mother we had gone skinny dipping in the canal, I got my ears boxed and was sent to spend the rest of the school holidays with an aunt. When I was fifteen, we had more wonderful times together until he moved to Germany with his parents. Our goodbye came with many tears and promises. We would write every week and ne...
The flat we were meant to live in
5/03/2026
Hipperholme, United Kingdom
He was the love of my life, in 7 short months we, or as I found out just I, had fallen so deeply in love that our future seemed an easily walkable path. We discussed the future, the names of our children which only existed in the sparkle of our eyes. This is the flat we planned to move in together in September, this is the flat where we hugged in solemn silence, knowing it was all over. It came...
"Fantasy"
5/12/2026
Santa Fe, United States
This is a part in my personal journal that I am choosing to share, I think it captured my heartbreak well. I wrote this after finding out that my boyfriend was lusting over women in is past again. After two months of crying and embarrassingly begging him to stop and choose me, which he did or so I thought, this had ruined a lot of things for us. Trust was gone, my self-image was gone, every com...
Petals
May 2026
Santa Fe, United States
I love saving flowers that I am given. Even when they are dead and falling apart. I have a few vases in my room that some people judge me for keeping. But to me, these flowers are not dead, they were given by those I love. A symbol of their love for me. I got my first bouquet of flowers not too long ago from a man other than my father. I put them up in my room and adored them for days. Grabbed ...