Dear Somebody
Meera Lee PatelA short weekly note chronicling five things worth remembering, including a look into my process, reflections on motherhood, and creative inspiration.
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Dear Somebody: A story has a sense of the whole.
Post-thunderstorm clouds in late April (2025)
A year from now, here are five things from this week that I'd like to remember:
MONDAY
It’s 3:48pm and I’m driving to pick up F from school. N bounces around the backseat eating...
Dear Somebody: The hard work of it makes me shine.
New Plantings Coming Soon (Dallas Arboretum, March 2026)
A year from now, here are five things from this week that I'd like to remember:
MONDAY
A friend comes to visit and for this reason, and this reason alone, I begin to c...
Dear Somebody: A thousand years.
The Biggest Dream, originally published in Issue #38 of Chickpea Magazine
A year from now, here are five things from this week that I'd like to remember:
MONDAY
I’m sitting under the Dallas sun when I hear about the blood. T...
Dear Somebody: On giving up.
Days 6 and 7 of the 100 Day Project (ink on paper, 2026)
A year from now, here are five things from this week that I'd like to remember:
MONDAY
I wake up at midnight to F’s anger. Her blankets are tangled, lost to her flaili...
Dear Somebody: A monster inside the wall.
An illustration for ANYWAY Magazine (2026)
A year from now, here are five things from this week that I'd like to remember:
MONDAY
Life with F is loud. At almost three, she defaults to screaming as her primary manner of commu...
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Meera Lee Patel is a self-taught artist, writer, and internationally recognized best-selling author. She writes and illustrates books that help people connect with themselves, each other, and the world around them.
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