{"id":3809,"date":"2025-12-31T17:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/?page_id=3809"},"modified":"2026-09-16T01:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:29:51","slug":"alices-love-letters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/alices-love-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice&#8217;s Love Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/alce-in-thousandpetaled-alices-love-letters-01-2560x1707-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/alce-in-thousandpetaled-alices-love-letters-01-2560x1707-1.jpg 2560w, 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are not instructions you must follow.<br>They are offerings, left here gently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If something here helps you breathe, keep it.<br>If you are here, you were meant to be addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-posts-id-3809_17b8c4-2a .kb-post-list-item{display:grid;}<\/style><ul class=\"wp-block-kadence-posts kb-posts kadence-posts-list kb-posts-id-3809_17b8c4-2a content-wrap grid-cols kb-posts-style-boxed grid-sm-col-1 grid-lg-col-1 item-image-style-beside\"><li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-5426 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-alices-love-letters tag-alices-love-letters\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/category\/alices-love-letters\/\" class=\"category-link-alices-love-letters\" rel=\"tag\">Alice&#039;s Love Letters<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/yearning-is-a-kind-of-devotion\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">yearning is a kind of devotion<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-10-14T08:00:00-08:00\">October 14, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-09-16T10:37:10-08:00\">September 16, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>to miss you is to prove that you exist somewhere beyond me.<br \/>\nand that thought alone is enough to keep me tethered.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-5424 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-alices-love-letters tag-alices-love-letters\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/category\/alices-love-letters\/\" class=\"category-link-alices-love-letters\" rel=\"tag\">Alice&#039;s Love Letters<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/new-love-trembling\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">new love, trembling<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-09-14T20:00:00-08:00\">September 14, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-09-16T10:37:10-08:00\">September 16, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>i am learning you slowly, like a language i don\u2019t want to rush.<br \/>\nevery word, every silence, every almost-touch.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-5421 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-alices-love-letters tag-alices-love-letters\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/category\/alices-love-letters\/\" class=\"category-link-alices-love-letters\" rel=\"tag\">Alice&#039;s Love Letters<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/the-first-time-my-heart-opened\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">the first time my heart opened<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-08-14T18:00:00-08:00\">August 14, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-09-16T10:37:10-08:00\">September 16, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>it happened quietly, and then all at once.<br \/>\nno warning, no careful unfolding\u2014just a sudden shift where everything became you.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-5418 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-alices-love-letters tag-alices-love-letters\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/category\/alices-love-letters\/\" class=\"category-link-alices-love-letters\" rel=\"tag\">Alice&#039;s Love Letters<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/the-shape-of-you-before-you-arrived\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">the shape of you before you arrived<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-07-11T08:00:00-08:00\">July 11, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-09-16T10:37:11-08:00\">September 16, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>i loved you before i understood what love meant.<br \/>\nbefore language caught up to feeling, before time gave it edges.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-5416 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-alices-love-letters tag-alices-love-letters\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/category\/alices-love-letters\/\" class=\"category-link-alices-love-letters\" rel=\"tag\">Alice&#039;s Love Letters<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/waiting-like-a-window\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">waiting like a window<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-06-20T20:00:00-08:00\">June 20, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-09-16T10:37:11-08:00\">September 16, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>i leave the light on for something that has never arrived.<br \/>\nnot out of habit, but out of hope\u2014the kind that lingers in corners, soft and unshaken.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry kb-post-no-image post-5109 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-alices-love-letters tag-alices-love-letters\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/category\/alices-love-letters\/\" class=\"category-link-alices-love-letters\" rel=\"tag\">Alice&#039;s Love Letters<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thousandpetaled.com\/alice\/where-nothing-demands-a-name\/\" 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