if you see him, say hello.

i’ve been in roughly 800-1000 relationships in my life. ok. that’s an exaggeration. more like 400-500, but whatever. not the point. not the point at all.

every single person i have ever been with has led me to where i am now – emotionally, mentally, spiritually. we are all learning something from each other, all the time. that’s the deal with relationships – education at its finest. oh yeah.

anyhoo, it’s always a weird trick to navigate the endings of relations for me. i’ve never really been the girl who says her goodbyes at parties. i’d rather slip-out-the-back-jack quietly and see ya ‘round sometime. but i’ve gotten far enough down the road to know that every person we spend our precious time with is important. we leave little bits of ourselves with each encounter and little pieces of us are taken, too. so, in an an effort to walk my walk, i’ve written a goodbye letter to all those i have loved. a thank you letter. a letter to say au revoir the right way. a letter by which to leave a relationship with grace and with dignity. i’ve had a lot of practice (ahem) and i think i’ve finally gotten it now. too many goodbyes. too many broken hearts. but a lot of learning.

please feel free to use this letter when need be. verbatim. it will help you. it will help the other person. it would help me if i were on the receiving end. and send it via mail if you can: fuck texting, fuck emailing. send a letter; trust me on this one.

hi.

lisa

and there you have it. 
i hope it serves you well sometime.

@littlebrownbutterfly