Hello again, I warned you that in the following posts you would find each of us with our own pictures and things to say to you so here I am, I hope you haven't run away (if so I would understand). I am Alessia or Ale for my friends, the face behind the page in flesh and bones (no puns intended), tchalaworld in all its essence. I don't know if you remember but I actually wrote in a letter a while back a lot of things that I wanted to say to you, i'm the Yebba's Heartbreak girl if we want to put it this way and that's what I would like to talk to you about.
We had plenty of opportunities to see each other as you may have seen but in truth I couldn't carve out a second to tell you what I wanted after London and the more I think about it, the more I bite my tongue to think that at that moment I could have said so many things to you and all that came out of my mouth was an almost inaudible "thank you."
I realize that one should not underestimate the power of those five letters but in my case I think you deserve more than that, wrote that letter without any expectation, not because I wanted to achieve anything in particular but out of need, a very strong need I had to give voice to all the thoughts that often quickly run through my head and almost seem to escape if I don't catch them in time. Never, ever did I expect that it would come right into your hands but especially to your heart, often tend to underestimate what I do and the fear that those words of mine, so suffered and felt might slip away and pass only before your eyes was great.
When in London i named the letter to you I saw your gaze light up at a certain point and understand what I was talking about I could've already called it a day, afterwards however you said that it "made your day" and I fully understand the idyll of meeting the person you admire most, the joy of the moment etc., however that sentence at that exact moment gave me something that is worth much more than a thousand pictures, a thousand encounters and a thousand hugs, to know that a girl like me, who has always felt a bit out of touch, underestimated, someone who has fought tooth and nail against so many things in order to be well, had somehow managed to make you feel good, to make your day even a little bit better was priceless.
I have always strived to talk about my experiences and make sure that bad or good they can help someone who has been in the same situation as me, but talking to you, my heart's person, with an open heart and knowing that somehow you understood and listened made everything better. I wish with all my heart that you can carry those words with you always, anytime you need them to remind you that as I was saying in the last paragraph that you mentioned: "I see you, even when you don't see yourself."
And now look at this! a whole book full of people reminding you of how much you are valued and a website where there are just as many, I never cease to be amazed at the impact you have on all these people and I know that maybe the realization that you have some "responsibility" may prove to be a burden to you, I hope that you'll never have to carry it alone. Among other things also hope you've found your people, your place of the heart, and that in all of this there's still a little space for all of us who will somehow always be here for you.
You're 27 today! (I don't know about you but it seems to me that years are flying by, I'll be 26 on December 30th so i'll join you in the grandpa's club) and pulling together this year, all the milestones you've achieved and the experiences I've had with my friends I can only think of this phrase that has never been truer to me than today: "I suddenly realized that we were on borrowed time, that time is always borrowed, and that the lending agency exacts its premium precisely when we are least prepared to pay and need to borrow more." And I really needed to borrow more at the end of November, more time to spend with my friends since we all live in different places, more time to travel, more time to experience joy as I never experienced it. I'm grateful for you, for Bones&All, Taylor, Luca, My People because each one of you has given me a way to get back to living a little bit more as I never expected I would in a couple of years.
As for you, you are truly the light that has guided my path and the glue to so many things in my life that you can't even imagine, I love you like know you and seeing you grow into the man you have become today only makes me proud, you deserve the best and I hope you have the best time today which translated means drink for me too (for legal reasons i'm kidding), I hope you enjoy this whole project.
Happiest of birthdays Timothée!!!! YUP YUP
Your fellow Capricorn
Ale 🫀
PS: Told you on the fanbook you would have found more pictures on here so here you go!
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Sneaky pic taken at Che Tempo Che Fa
Me slaying my Bones&All look on Halloween
Me and Stef taking a picture in Venice then realizing we literally looked exactly like you and Stéphane here
Me with the Bones&All poster
Bones&All on the cover of Variety for the Venice Film Festival
Took a picture of your back in Venice and then realized you must have wrestled with lido's mosquitos so I feel u
You, Taylor and Luca hugging in Sala Grande after the Bones&All screening (bawled my eyes out for this thank you)
Us talking in London (my face says it all it's embarrassing to post but still precious so i had to)
Took a picture to every Bones&All screen in Milan
And finally my prized possessions
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