Your therapist forced you to sign up for a program that would connect you to a stranger anywhere in the world through anonymous text messages. You couldn’t send pictures or videos, just text. Since it was your third year alone for the holidays, you decided to send the first message.

‘I’m not sure what to say here, So… hi.’

It took about a week for a reply.

‘Hi. I am also not sure how this works… Not exactly something I planned on.’ The person replied.