who would you want to know you thought of them tonight?
there's something honest about thinking of someone when they have no idea. it's a kind of care that asks nothing. but it can also carry a loneliness you don't always let yourself feel.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →write their name. then write what made you think of them, even if it was nothing specific. describe what you'd want them to know about being in your thoughts tonight. you don't have to write a message you'd send. this can just be for you. try to sit with the feeling of caring about someone at a distance, whether that distance is geographical, emotional, or something else. write a few lines about what this person means to you in a way you've never quite put into words. notice whether the feeling is warm, aching, or both. let whatever it is be there.
- write what you'd say if you could text them with no consequences or awkwardness.
- describe the last moment with them that stays with you, and why it does.
- ask yourself whether they know how often you think of them, and whether that matters.
this is for anyone lying awake with someone on their mind, not in crisis, just in that quiet, tender way that doesn't always have a name.