saltypastry

if nostalgia brought you back here, welcome home. it's been so long, yet this place is still very close to my heart. i may not have the strength to finish what the younger me had started, but i will forever be glad to have shared my youth with you.
          	
          	i just graduated and passed my boards last year. who would have thought, right? after all these years, seventeen is still our safe haven. and i know i will keep coming back to their comfort.
          	
          	i hope life is treating you well too!

jaineemi

Hi,ate Yna! This is Trisha (wookennatzi), your avid reader from 2016 or 2017 pa ata. I was just coming back to read my comfort story from you (Milk) and I'm so so disheartened to see na it's unpublished na :(((
          
          I think I was just starting high school nung nabasa ko yung story mo na yun and every year after that, I would read it, especially when I needed the comfort from your words and your stories. I'm working now, but it's still what I go back to when things get hard. You don't know how much your works saved me from the demons in my head. They gave me something to look forward to and it made my days brighter. 
          
          While I'm so so sad na I can no longer go back and read it, I just wanted you to know na I get it. I also just wanted you to know how your mind, your ideas, and your words kept a little girl from drowning and leaving this world. You and your stories mean so much to me. I wish you all the best ate! Keep on publishing even better stories and I'm sure you'll get the recognition you deserve. Congrats on passing the boards by the way!! We are all so proud of you. 
          
          I miss you so much, Milk and Joshua. See you on that rooftop ulit!!

saltypastry

Hello Trisha! Your message really warmed my heart. I can't believe the silly book I wrote in 2016 due to the love I have for Seventeen became your comfort. And to think that you still remember the feelings you had while reading it despite already working now, it's truly a privilege for me. This place is mostly empty nowadays, but I still lurk around. That's why your message is a nice surprise.
            
            The era of Milk was truly a wonderful time. I'm honored to hear that it made your days brighter, as it was the same for me too. Reading everyone's comments and reactions while we all bonded with the same love for Seventeen is something I would forever treasure. That's why unpublishing it was a tough decision. I skimmed it and found a lot of questionable stuff which was funny for us back then due to our innocence, but is now considered problematic in essence. So sadly, the book has already run its course. We grew up and knew better now. 
            
            Right now, I'm unsure about my future plans for Milk, whether I will edit it or just leave it in my drafts. Despite that, I'm really happy that you are one of the few people who still remember it and want to relive it by wanting to read it again. I can't thank you enough.
            
            My motivation to write these days is a bit nonexistent, but my love for seventeen is still there, so I'm trying to work it out. I miss the community we once had here. I appreciate you for congratulating me on my boards, and I'm also proud of you for growing up and stepping into the adult world. Life may be tough sometimes, but at least we still have seventeen as our resting place. Our only constant.
            
            Will forever be on the rooftop :)
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saltypastry

if nostalgia brought you back here, welcome home. it's been so long, yet this place is still very close to my heart. i may not have the strength to finish what the younger me had started, but i will forever be glad to have shared my youth with you.
          
          i just graduated and passed my boards last year. who would have thought, right? after all these years, seventeen is still our safe haven. and i know i will keep coming back to their comfort.
          
          i hope life is treating you well too!