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Dear Someone: Do you really think that God would create you with a heart like that and not create someone with a heart that could love you in the same way?

Read this if you've been pouring yourself into empty vessels and wondering if maybe you're the one who's broken.
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Dear Someone: God is not abusive, people are.
Read this if you’ve ever been told that leaving someone who hurts you means abandoning your faith—or yourself.
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Dear Someone: Your shoulders were never meant to carry the weight of circumstances beyond your control
Read this if you've turned self-blame into an art form, if you've spent years apologizing for storms you didn't create, or if you're tired of being the…
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Dear Someone: Stop mistaking their absence for your unworthiness
Read this if: You’ve been quietly breaking your own heart just to keep someone else whole.
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Dear Someone: Stop calling it Godly when it's just abuse in disguise
Read this if you’ve been guilt-tripped into staying in something that’s draining your soul just to prove you’re “faithful.”
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Dear Someone: Why do you love with your whole heart and still end up alone?
Read this if you’ve poured your soul into someone, something, or some dream, only to find yourself holding nothing but echoes and a heart that feels too…
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Dear Someone: Stop explaining yourself to people who’ve already made up their minds.
Let peace be your response. You don’t owe clarity to those committed to misunderstanding you.
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Dear Someone: The wounds you carry were never yours to bear - release yourself from the prison of undeserved guilt.
If you've spent too long apologizing for existing, for taking up space, for feeling too much, or for circumstances that were never under your control…
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Dear Someone: The love you gave wasn't a mistake – it was a beautiful truth, even if they couldn't hold it.
Read this if you're struggling with the weight of regret, if you've loved someone with your whole heart and now question whether it was worth the pain.
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Dear Someone: Some of us were taught to flinch when touched gently because love always came with a bruise, a silence, a goodbye.
An unspoken silence that whispers through the scars of every heartbeat I've ever trusted.
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Dear Someone: Do you really think that God would create you with a heart like that and not create someone with a heart that could love you…
Read this if you've been pouring yourself into empty vessels and wondering if maybe you're the one who's broken.
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Ali Papa
Dear Someone: God is not abusive, people are.
Read this if you’ve ever been told that leaving someone who hurts you means abandoning your faith—or yourself.
 • 
Ali Papa
Dear Someone: Your shoulders were never meant to carry the weight of circumstances beyond your control
Read this if you've turned self-blame into an art form, if you've spent years apologizing for storms you didn't create, or if you're tired of being the…
 • 
Ali Papa
Dear Someone: Stop mistaking their absence for your unworthiness
Read this if: You’ve been quietly breaking your own heart just to keep someone else whole.
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Ali Papa
Dear Someone: Stop calling it Godly when it's just abuse in disguise
Read this if you’ve been guilt-tripped into staying in something that’s draining your soul just to prove you’re “faithful.”
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Dear Someone: Their uncertainty doesn't invalidate the love that was real.
Read this if you're reeling from emotional whiplash, trying to understand how someone's "forever" turned into "never mind" overnight, leaving you to…
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Dear Someone: You deserve a love that heals, not hurts.
Read this if your heart feels shattered by someone who left, if you’re struggling to piece yourself back together, or if you’re ready to believe that…
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Dear Someone: Your struggle to leave is valid, and your strength to stay is remarkable
Read this if you're trapped in a cycle of toxicity, if you're battling with the decision to leave, if you're tired of hearing "just leave" without…
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Dear Someone: You deserve a love that honors your whole self - your dreams, your quirks, your strengths, and even your flaws.
Read this if you're struggling to recognize the less obvious deal-breakers in your relationship, or if you're questioning whether certain behaviors are…
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Dear Someone: Your growth doesn't diminish your need for love
Read this if you've outgrown someone who can't see your worth, if you're moving forward while someone from your past remains stuck.
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— Unspoken Silences

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Dear Someone: Some of us were taught to flinch when touched gently because love always came with a bruise, a silence, a goodbye.
An unspoken silence that whispers through the scars of every heartbeat I've ever trusted.
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Dear Someone: Have you ever loved someone who made everyone else feel seen—except you?
Read this if you’ve ever felt invisible in your own relationship and if your unspoken silence screams of unmet needs and misplaced loyalties.
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Dear Someone: Is a tender heart destined to be forever bruised by love's cruel hand?
An unspoken silence echoes in the chambers of a loving heart, yearning for reciprocity in a world of fleeting affections.
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Dear Someone: Can the silence between us ever be broken, or are we destined to remain in this limbo?
An unspoken silence weighs heavy with the burden of unwritten messages and unvoiced longings.
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Dear Someone: Why do my fingers tremble above these unsent messages while my heart screams your name?
An unspoken silence that dwells between typed words and deleted confessions, where hope and fear dance their eternal waltz.
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— Unwritten Prayers

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Dear Someone: May you have the courage to take off the mask, to let others see the real you.
A prayer for when you are done emotionally, drained mentally, but smiling physically.
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Dear Someone: If you’re tired, rest. If you’re heartbroken, grieve. If you’re lost, sit still for a while.
Read this if you've ever cried during prayer, wondering if God is even listening.
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Dear Someone: If you allow God's love to soothe your soul, your wounded feelings will invite deeper healing.
A prayer for healing, comfort and strength when your feelings have been hurt and you're trying to find solace and reassurance in God's unfailing love.
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Dear Someone: A broken past doesn't mean a broken future. Every moment is a chance for a new beginning.
A prayer for when you are broken from a past that can't be repaired.
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Dear Someone: Your current emotional state does not define your entire being.
A prayer for when you can no longer truly embrace love because you are either broken, sad, depressed, detached, lost, emotional, or simply unstable.
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— Mixed Mailbag

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Dear Someone: What if you chose hope? What if you rewrote your story? What if you start healing through the questions?
A recap and mixed mailbag of questions, lessons, and possibilities.
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Dear Someone: Read this if you're searching for meaning in a sea of emotions and untold stories.
A mixed mailbag of whispered truths for hearts caught between speaking and silence, loving and leaving, breaking and mending.
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Dear Someone: The love you withhold often speaks louder than the love you give.
Read this if your silence is breaking your own heart while trying to protect someone else’s.
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Dear Someone: Love shouldn't feel like loneliness. You deserve to be seen, not just tolerated.
Read this if you're holding on to a love that makes you feel more alone than being alone ever could, if you’ve forgotten what it feels like to be truly…
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Dear Someone: There is hope for healing, joy for sorrow, and peace for the chaos in your heart.
A letter worth revisiting: A message of hope, faith, and renewal
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— Forbidden Ifs, Rules & Laws

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Dear Someone: Every great friendship started with a single moment of courage - someone deciding to reach out, to show up, to be real.
25 ways to make new friends as an adult and why it's never too late.
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Dear Someone: Your heart is too valuable to serve as someone else's emotional dumping ground.
Your peace of mind deserves better. Explore these 30 signs of a toxic friendship and why letting go is the only way forward.
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Dear Someone: Your heartbreak is not the end of your love story. It is the beginning of the wisdom of your love.
Exploring the 48 laws of healing after heartbreak and why pain is not just a passage but a profound professor in the university of love, teaching us…
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Dear Someone: The most courageous act of love is sometimes walking away.
Exploring the 48 forbidden laws of letting go of a toxic relationship
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