Letters to Anyone Veronica Sisneros neé Vestal

Dear A, I hope that as always, my letter finds you well. It is my understanding that you might be struggling. As Dear Mr. Darcy would say, "would I but could I" take your suffering away. Instead I offer you my own thoughts on a practice that has helped me in a similar state. 

Sincerely, and Always, 

-V 

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Thank you for listening to another installment of Letters to Anyone.

Written and Produced by myself, Veronica Sisneros nee Vestal

Find me online as @floresmillia on Instagram which is also where you can submit your question in need of some gentle advice. Send your question in with "From A" as the starter and look forward to a response as soon as I am able. Some questions can lend themselves to requiring more thoughtful and thought out replies, please allow space for time to think these responses from me through.



Credit for today's quote is an excerpt plucked carefully from the greater literary work of Virginia Woolf, titled "The Waves".

"How much better is the silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves myself being myself."

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Thank you so much as always for listening, words truly can't express how full my heart feels when I receive all your feedback on the show. Until the next letter my friends.

Dear A, it's been a bit hasn't it? Summer has come and now I suppose, almost gone and I have to say it has been a season of learning. As always I hope to write again soon and hope that you are well. 

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Written and Produced by myself, Veronica Sisneros nee Vestal 

Find me online as @floresmillia on Instagram. Yes we are indeed operating from a different handle now.

Have a letter you'd like to submit, send it on in at thoughtfulwild.co@gmail.com and title it LTA Submission with permission to read for the show. 

Credit for today's quote is provided by the ever incredible poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke, our excerpt taken from his work titled "Antistrophe". 



Honorable mention to Tumblr user @whatriverrunsdeeperthanthis for our use of their text posts, "I need to swim in a Clea cold stream and then lie down on a big warm rock in the sun to dry. This is non-negotiable."


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Thank you so much as always for listening, words truly can't express how full my heart feels when I receive all your feedback on the show. Until the next letter my friends. 



-V 

Dear A, Have you been well? Recently I have been spending time at the sea- I go whenever I feel like my heart might be too much for my own bones to carry. I've collected sea shells and glass and I think I'll never be quite rid of any of the sand that travels with me.

-V   

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Episode Content Warning: Detailed Expression of Grief

NOTE:If you find yourself facing challenging emotions and thoughts, please consider seeking support. As there is absolutely no shame in seeking the help of others, a heart can be a heavy thing to carry alone and others are here to help. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization in providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to all, including LGBTQ+ youth and have trained counselors ready and available. Find them online at thetrevorproject.org or reach them 24/7 at 1-866-488-7386

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Written and Produced by myself, Veronica Sisneros nee Vestal


Find me online as @veronero_chan on Twitter, Tiktok and Instagram.   


Have a letter you'd like to submit, send it on in at thoughtfulwild.co@gmail.com and title it LTA Submission with permission to read for the show.   

Credit for today's quote is provided by American Poet and 2020 Literary Nobel Prize Awardee, Louise Glük from her poem "March"

"(...) all she wanted was the smell of the sea, of disappearance."   

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Dear A,

I write to you today for the first time and I feel free in the short adoxography that I have begun. I look forward to this journey that we will begin together and I hope for one thing, as always- that you are well. So... have you been well?

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Written and Produced by myself, Veronica Sisneros nee Vestal

Find me online as @veronero_chan on Twitter, Tiktok and Instagram.

Have a letter you'd like to submit, send it on in at thoughtfulwild.co@gmail.com and title it LTA Submission with permission to read for the show.

Credit for today's quote is a verse pulled from the poem "Dogfish" which belongs to American Poet and Pulitzer Prize Awardee, Mary Oliver,

"Mostly I want to be kind.
And nobody, of course, is kind, or mean,
for a simple reason.

And nobody gets out of it,
having to swim through the fires
to stay in this world.


Honorable mention includes a quote found on twitter by the modern American author, Samuel Miller @samtwomiller

"If you're only given one, single, cosmic moment to affect someone else's life, why would you ever show them anything but complete kindness?"

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Dear A, Have you been well? I have written and rewritten this feeling I have been carrying with me for days now, and all that is left for me to say is all that I can give within the enclosed. I hope that my clumsy expression serves you in some way.

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Content Warning: Mentions of Depression and Symptoms of Depression
NOTE: There is no replacement for professional mental and emotional guidance in the form of therapy. However if therapy is a resource that is not easily attainable and you find yourself in need, please consider reaching out to a helpline such as

The Samaritans HelpLine which focuses on providing compassionate support to anyone who might be experiencing feelings of anxiety, confusion, isolation and depression. Their services are confidential and free to use and can be reached by dialing 1-877-870-4673
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Written and Produced by myself, Veronica Sisneros nee Vestal

Find me online as @veronero_chan on Twitter, Tiktok and Instagram.
Have a letter you'd like to submit, send it on in at thoughtfulwild.co@gmail.com and title it LTA Submission with permission to read for the show.
Credit for today's quote is provided by the influential French Novelist, Gustave Flaubert, in a letter written to George Sand he states,

"As for me, my heart is oppressed in a way that astonishes me, and I wallow in a bottomless melancholy"

Honorable mention includes the work of Rainer Maria Rilke from "The Book of Hours" in which we refer to his statement,

"Yet no matter how deep I go into myself, My God is dark."

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Thank you for taking the time to listen and learn! Here is where we discover the core values of Letters to Anyone and the motivation that drives it. I look forward to writing again soon, happy listening friends!