Dear Friend: Hoping You’re Still Out There, Somewhere

Dear Dangs,

Hi.

How are you?

You’ve been gone from the online world for so long now. Since the last time we met, I haven’t heard anything about you. I even searched through my accounts, hoping to find some trace—some small digital footprint you might have left behind.

There was nothing.

It’s almost as if you disappeared. Like you were never here at all—and I might have believed that, if not for the memories we shared.

Those six months with you—navigating hospital life together—felt lighter somehow. Easier. Because you were there.

I had someone beside me.

There are nights when I find myself thinking of you, wondering how you’ve been.
Have you made peace with the past?
Have you let go?
Are you in a better place now—somewhere softer, kinder to your mind?

Whenever I meet our old classmates and friends, I ask about you. But just like me, they don’t know anything either.

It’s as if you simply vanished.

All I can hope is that you’re somewhere happier.

Life went on for me.
But sometimes, it feels like your story paused somewhere back there—four years ago. And the thought that you might still be carrying that weight… it hurts.

I find myself wondering—
if I had said kinder words,
if I had held you a little tighter,
if I had listened more,
if I had done something more—

would things be different for you now?

I hope you’ve found healing.
I hope you’ve found love again.
I hope you’ve found your way back to life—to truly living it.

And maybe, someday, I’ll see you again.

All my love,
Your Dangs