What is Lil Love Letters?
Have you ever been on a walk where the color of every flower stood out to you? Where you rubbed sprigs of rosemary or pine or even honeysuckle between your fingers and breathed in the essence with your eyes closed?
Have you looked at a photo of someone you loved and imagined, for an instant, their arms around you again? Said yes to a relationship you knew in your heart could never really work?
I write about these small moments. The ones where we (ironically) carry some of the biggest emotions. The ones that make our eyes drip and chests tighten, or shoulders relax and jaws unclench. Lil Love Letters is a bouquet of true stories and poetry about adventure, love, and pure moments of human connection.
Welcome.
Tell me more about the author!
Well, shucks. In a nutshell, I’m Lillian Seidel (she/her/hers), native Texan, current Seattlite, often found plotting adventures with a mouthful of dark chocolate. As a full-time educator, part-time yoga instructor, and (happily non-practicing) law school graduate, I’ve had many career pivots, and I’m a firm believer that we always get to keep asking what we want to be when we grow up. I write to share moments of universal human emotion and to inspire brave, authentic connections to Self.
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