She “struggles with self-confidence”, “doubts her abilities”, “misses her friends”. Mackenna, Alondra, and Jada each struggle with one or more of these things. Each of the women I wrote to are different ages but all experience very similar issues.  While writing letters I felt such an intense connection to them, even though we have never met. I sat down at my desk and started searching through the different people I could write to on the website, and then started writing. I wrote to Jada first, she is twelve years old and lives in Georgia. She is struggling with growing up too quickly and missing her friends. I felt I was really able to connect with her on the issue of missing her friends as I am almost five hundred miles away from home and am constantly missing my friends. She is homeschooled now because of the pandemic and doesn't get to see her friends often. I told her to stay strong and remember that she is not alone and that as much as she misses her friends they miss her even more. And Mackenna said she struggles with self-confidence. I wrote to her that she is beautiful just the way she is and that I know that it is hard to see that sometimes. In a similar way I wrote to Alondra about how she doubts her abilities, I told her that she needs to trust herself, and know that she is stronger than she thinks and can do anything she puts her mind to. I found the experience of writing these letters to be very powerful and very emotional. I found that I could relate so strongly to each of their struggles, and I learned from this experience that I should work to take my own advice sometimes. Writing these letters was so natural for me because I didn't need to put myself in their shoes because I already was in them. I knew exactly how they felt and I knew what I would want someone to tell me to cheer me up. I felt that writing these letters is not only going to bring joy to the women I wrote them to but also helped me realize somethings within myself.