2,451 miles
apart
Hannah
The long distance issue · vol. 01
Words for you
New York to Los Angeles is 2,451 miles. I have checked. I check every time the plane lands at JFK and the little map on the seat screen turns into your face at arrivals.
This magazine is for the weeks in between. Open it when the three hours between us feel heavy.
Luke
distance is just geography. we are not.
same sky, different coasts
NYC ↔ LA
How it started
Your college roommate's wedding in Chicago. Table 12. You were from Brooklyn, I was from Burbank, and we argued about pizza for three hours straight.
I changed my flight home twice. Best decision I have ever made.
two coasts, one story, no regrets.
The distance, drawn
every trip starts with a dotted line ✈
the miles are real. so is this.
48 hours, every six weeks
visit
no. 14
Things I miss
Your voice before coffee, which is a whole octave lower than your voice after.
The way you steal the blanket and then accuse me of stealing it.
Saturday markets. You, negotiating for strawberries like your life depends on it.
Falling asleep on a call and waking up to your breathing on the line.
Your hand in my jacket pocket. It is never cold in L.A. and I still miss it.
all of it. every day. even the blanket thing.
departures, my least favorite word
gate 42 · JFK
Open when...
four little letters, for the days in between
✈ · · · · · · · · · · · · · ♥
The logbook
LAX
23
days until the next flight. not that anyone is counting.
Mar 2024 · Chicago, the wedding3 days
May 2024 · New York4 days
Jul 2024 · Los Angeles9 days
Sep 2024 · Joshua Tree, together5 days
Nov 2024 · New York, Thanksgiving4 days
Dec 2024 · Los Angeles, Christmas12 days
next: 14 Nov · LAX → JFK · 06:40
Dear Hannah,
I know the math. Forty-eight hours together, then six weeks of screens and a three-hour time difference. But here is the thing nobody tells you about distance: it makes you choose each other on purpose, every single day. I choose you at 6am on the 405. I choose you when the call drops in the subway. I will keep choosing you until one of us buys a one-way ticket.
yours, Luke
air
mail
sent with love from L.A.
2,451 miles
apart
Hannah
The long distance issue · vol. 01
Made with love, from Los Angeles to New York
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