To Rachel

Hey Rachel.

I'm sorry that I haven't replied earlier, but I haven't been using this e-mail as much lately, and I haven't checked it in a while.

This may be badly timed, as exams are still going on for me, and in Toronto as well I think.

But that doesn't really matter.

Before I say anything else, I want to say that I honestly meant to keep in touch. But life got hard for me and a lot of things changed for me - I've changed a lot. Things have only really started to settle down in my life in the past two weeks if I'm being honest. And through everything, I just thought that I had changed so much, that you and everyone else I knew at Winona and at Rawlinson wouldn't like this different version of me.

As for the Young Voices, they have a conference every year, and I went in October. Its awesome and you should really go. I didn't even know that they had published my thing until you told me. I called my piece a thing because it was really a random thing I wrote after watching a movie. I entered another piece I thought they would pick, but they picked that one instead apparently.

But I get what you mean about writing to get things out. One of the many things I've changed now is what I write. I write poems, short stories, and songs. I'm starting a band. I don't know if you're still writing, I'm really hoping you are. You were good at it. I haven't seen anything since I left Winona, but you're probably as good, if not better.

If you ever want to get in touch, I don't know if you ever would, e-mail me back. Or post on the blog.

Eden