Category: Letters
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Dear Moon, Almost three weeks ago, I was in Tokyo. Orientation was a relentless – workshops, endless introductions, and a constant buzz of energy that made everything feel overwhelming and exciting. We wore business suits in the August heat, shuffling between conference rooms and icebreakers, laughing with strangers who already felt like friends. It was…
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August 2, 2025 35,000 feet above the Pacific Dear Moon, As I’m sitting here on the plane to Tokyo – not tired enough to sleep, not alert enough to do anything productive – it finally sinks in: This is truly happening. I’m flying to a country I’ve never visited, on a continent I’ve never stepped…
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Location: Calgary, AB Dear Moon, Orientation just ended. The room is finally quiet. My roommate is out with her family and I’m on the hotel bed, still wearing the same clothes I barely had time to change into this morning (but of course having changed into slippers) It’s strange how fast the day moved –…
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Location: Home Dear you (whomever you are), It’s almost midnight, tomorrow I am gonna leave for orientation in a different city. This is not the real beginning – not yet- but it’s the first thread being pulled loose from the comfort of knowing everything. My suitcase is zipped. My ID is tucked away in my…
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Dear Moon, I leave for Japan in three days. I’m writing this while my suitcase is half packed, and I keep walking around my room trying to figure out what I am missing, and then suddenly remembering something else. Everyone has been asking if I am excited for what’s to come. I am. I truly…
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