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September has arrived, surprisingly accompanied by the summer days I have been waiting for. After somehow pushing through July and August with all its troubles and emotions, September came with ease. Long nights with light laughter, spontaneous hang outs on hot lazy days. My favorite month is always introduced by the birthday of my beloved grandmother. This year – for the first time – she is watching from heaven. I imagine her heaven must look like a huge cozy (and eventually a litte chaotic) book store with a piano in it. Her sitting in a comfortable chair, knitting and eating her favorite chocolates. We shared a passion for good tea, language and books, and handwritten letters in beautiful envelopes. Little did I know that her package last November with chocolate, a book and a letter with her lovely handwriting she sent all the way to Indonesia, was the last one. Maybe this entry is dedicated to her, maybe this whole virgo season is dedicated to her.

As you probably can guess now, I am a virgo too. And I’m about to reveal some information about me. Yes, my birthday is in September and I am about to turn twenty-four soon. That kind of age or number that felt incredible adultish when I was a kid. Turns out I still feel like a girl with dreams; lost but loving this uncertain idea of my future. A little wiser I would say but still zoning out and getting lost in daydreams like I did as a kid. So, cheers to keeping the day dreams and making some of them true. Cheers to my last days of being twenty-three. Cheers to light-hearted last days of summer.