5 October 2026
One small moment worth remembering.
It has been a month and a half and I now have nine subscribers!! I am working on the second letter that goes out the week of the 19th! Here is how things have evolved so far. September letters had 2 one-time, 1 month-to-month, 1 six-month, 3 twelve-month subscriptions, plus one very special gift letter. A total of 8 separate individuals. October has 1 one-time, 2 month-to-month, 1 six-month, and 4 twelve-month subscriptions, plus one very special gift letter. A total of 9 separate individuals, and there is still time to join before October’s sign-up closes on the 15th! Woohoo!
One of the things that makes me most happy is that, after receiving their letter, one of the single letter subscribers from September bought a year!! It feels so wonderful to think that that subscriber enjoyed their letter so much that they bought an entire year of letters!
I love creating what goes into a letter! It brings me such joy imagining how the letter will be received, and the hope that each reader will create an experience for themselves filled with tranquility. I love imagining the magic of slowing down to experience a moment, and the delight that lasts long after the letter is put away.
Focusing on the Good
Last time, I wrote about hard days. This time, I want to remember the good ones too. Tonight, before bed, write down one thing from today that you want to remember. It does not have to be big. Sometimes the smallest moments are the ones that hold the most magic.
What is one small moment you want to remember from today? I would love to hear it. Send me a note at hello@ohsusannahstudios.com.
Peace and Love,Zuzu
25 August 2026
Hard days do not have to be harder.
This past week has been an interesting one. I am continuing to recover from spinal fusion surgery. Slow and steady wins the race…just like snail mail. 😊
It has also been a heavy week for the people I love. There has been a loss, an illness, and a very old dog who will not be with us much longer. I will not say more than that, as those details belong to my friends and not to me. But it has been one of those stretches where the phone rings and you brace a little before you answer it.
Since everyone lives through weeks like this one, I thought I would write down a few reminders for myself. You are welcome to borrow them.
Hard Days Don’t Have to Be Harder
We all have difficult days, those uncomfortable, frustrating moments when everything seems to go wrong. As much as we might wish for a quick fix or a magic solution, there is not always one. And forcing yourself to “snap out of it” tends to stack a second problem right on top of the first.
So instead of fighting the way you feel, try meeting yourself with a little honesty and compassion.
Acknowledge how you really feel. I have spent a good many years around horses, and I have never met one that could pretend. A horse in a foul mood is simply in a foul mood, with no apology and no small talk about it. They are also uncannily good at catching a person doing the opposite. You can walk into a barn with a smile stapled on and that horse will know before you do! Being honest with yourself is really just extending yourself the same courtesy.
Give yourself permission to rest. I would love to tell you I learned this one gracefully. I did not. They fused my spine two months ago and rest simply stopped being optional. What has surprised me is how much of what I used to call laziness turns out to have been my body asking for something perfectly reasonable. Rest is not laziness. Apparently I needed surgery to believe it!
Talk to someone you trust. A phone call is a wonderful thing. But there is a reason I started writing letters. On the telephone you have to be ready…ready to talk, ready to be asked how you are, ready to have an answer. A letter asks none of that. You can say the hard thing slowly, in your own time, and the person on the other end gets to sit with it a while before answering you. So if picking up the phone feels like too much this week, write it down instead. A postcard counts!
You may not be able to change a hard day. But you can choose not to make it harder. Some weeks, slowing down and being kind to yourself is the whole of the job.
Peace and Love,Zuzu