letters – Jacquline Njeri

To the City I Left, But Still Miss in Small Ways

Dear City, I didn’t think I would miss you this much. When I packed my bags, I told myself I was ready to move on, ready for new streets, new

To the Me Who Laughed Through the Pain

I remember you so clearly. Always smiling, always cracking jokes, always being the one who lightened the room. No one knew that the laughter came from a place of survival.

To the Girl I Used to Be, You Deserved More

Dear Me, I think about you sometimes. The version of me who tried so hard to be enough. The girl who smiled through exhaustion, who kept saying she was fine

To the Love I Thought Would Be Forever

Dear You, There was a time I truly believed we would last. The way you looked at me, the way our hands fit together, the way we talked about the

To the Brother Who Got Everything I Didn’t

Dear Brother, You probably never noticed. And I don’t think you meant to. But growing up, it always felt like life handed you things with both hands while I had