Penpal Stories

Sometimes it comes slowly, letter by letter, until it becomes what it was always meant to be.

Though I still struggle to find who my core self is, well at least I made some good friends along the way!

Through Slowly, I met many friends from different regions and countries, including some from places I had never been familiar with before.

When I first joined Slowly, my goal was to make a few friends, but I’ve also managed to improve my German along the way.

I always thank any one who is actually taking time to reply, you don't really know how those words can lift-up your penpal moot !

Whatever is happening in my life, I can just write to her; it feels so relaxing I can't explain it.

It all started with a letter... But that letter was only the beginning.

I loved discovering what she wrote to me, I loved her words and her way of saying “goodbye” by sending hugs...

Together with him, I tasted things I had never tasted, listened to songs I had never heard, and discovered a country unknown to me.

I met someone from the USA—now a dear friend for over two years. He’s a beautiful soul, effortlessly authentic, and he taught me to believe in myself again.

In those moments that lasted an entire lifetime, she arrived in front of me, I hugged her and gave her the letter.

He accepts me for who I am. He has saved me again and again, pulling me out of the darkest valleys.