It’s May 15, Your 19th
birthday.
I am sitting in a bus
nr.3 - the one that goes from my house to the city center and then to
my university, remember? Yes I am sitting here, in Riga, and you are stiting there – in
Taipei. Funny that I have been there with you and you have been here with me.
It's unique i think, and you know how even more weird it sounds if I add that
you are from Honduras. I quite think that together we have the world. I don’t know if we even need all this crazy world because it seems enough
to have our wonderful friendship, but no – we need the world because we always
go beyond, we are explorers, challenge makers and acceptors and even more – we are
artists with a loving soul..
I met you in a an
elevator. Yes, this story is not a very common one. I remember the day I saw
you with a couple of people, you were speaking Spanish, and the only thing that
came up into my mind was – hmm Spanish, I know some. And then I said „Hola!” It kind of
accepts that everything starts with one word, a simple one and then after a
long-long time it appears to change for words „I love you”. Not in spanish,
because in spanish that loving words are confusing. Te quiero, te amo? Que? Wo
ai ni. 我愛你, Ericka, I will say it the way we both understand it. Es tevi mīlu, it
would sound in Latvian. with the long Ī - like RĪGA (in the calm Latvian way haha)
So where the story goes?
Yes. First we were just sometimes seeing each other and probably thinking:
„That girl is cool!” I remember how I thought (and still think the same) that
you are the most kindhearted person I have ever know. Really. From that moment
when you brought a cake for your classmate and became sad afterwards when he rejected it
because it was not ok for his nationality/religion or something. I knew that
then !and always! you try to do the best for the people. Your intentions come from your heart. Of course for those who
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We started to hang out
when we both realized: „Well I like art but i don’t really want to visit all
that cool art museums alone”. And then it started.. art museums, contemporary
art museums (oh yes them!!) amaaazing lol. Coffee and cakes, class breaks, movie
nights with the snacks from Honduras (sooo freaakin’ good), out goings, crazy
hiking trips, yellow muddy ducks, boyfriend talks, money saving days and money spending days and a lot of laughing laughing
laughing.
High five. Now we have to
accept our new boyfriends – universities. Because the human ones use to break
our big-loving hearts. But you know its fine, because at least we can admit
that if long-distance relationships doesn’t work, then a real long-distance
friendship – does. I have this MIKA song in my head now – we are young, we are
strong, we are not looking for where we belong, we are not coll (yes, we are!), we are free and we are running with blood on our knees.Ha lol kidding, actually
there is just one song for describing all this. Yes. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk!
With a pink jacket ya!
Ericka you are so important to me that... well I have to
tell you the truth.. I actually called to the airport and pushed them to cancel all the
flights so you can stay for a day longer. Yeep. And you know – I love
your sarcasm. That we can say that kind of NOT SO KIND things and it’s like – meh cool.
THE MEAN THINGS hahahahaxaxaxaxax
THE MEAN THINGS hahahahaxaxaxaxax
Ericka, it was a pleasure
to have you here – in my hometown. Due to the cold winter you felt for the
first time, crazy snow in Sweden.. I found these 3 weeks the most warm ones I
have ever had during the winter time. Remember London and that the dreams come
true.. we have to dream big and reach higher. Its not a cliche, and I don’t
mean that dreams always come true – but they make us to think wider, to make
things to come true and to love. To truly love.

BE ERICKA! If I could I would send you tons of Karums, but.. what I wish you is to have a wonderful Birthday, survive this semester, enjoy the sun.. and then – spend a wonderful time in Europe and the place you love and call home. One of the most amazing countries in the world – Honduras. And I don’t say it because I have been there but because the most amazing girl I know comes from there. That country should be amazing.
YOU ARE!
KISSES, LOVE, KARUMS
And greetings from your
Latvian family!
I scream ICE CREAM!
Lets keep in touch and keep our crazy craziness on the craziest level ever crazy possible,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Lets keep in touch and keep our crazy craziness on the craziest level ever crazy possible,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
- Inese