To Mom,
I made your soup last week and finally got it right. I cried into the pot. I wanted to call you and tell you so badly.
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say it here instead.
Write the letter you never sent — to your person. An old love, an old friend, someone you lost, your younger self. Then search your own name and see who wrote to you.
52 things left unsaid, so far.
✶ one that stayed with people
To Mom,
I made your soup last week and finally got it right. I cried into the pot. I wanted to call you and tell you so badly.
To Neen,
I’m so sorry for your loss. I think about you every day and I hope you know that I still love you unlike any other human I’ve ever loved. I hope you’re okay. I miss you so much.
To Sarah,
I still take the long way home so I don't pass the coffee shop. Five years and I still do it without thinking. I hope he's good to you.
— the one who waited too long
To Mom,
I made your soup last week and finally got it right. I cried into the pot. I wanted to call you and tell you so badly.
To Alex,
We said we'd be each other's best men. I drove past your wedding venue last month. I wasn't invited, and I understand why. I'm still sorry.
To Dad,
I'm a father now. He has your laugh somehow, even though he never met you. I tell him about you every night.
— your son
To Jordan,
You were right about everything. I was too proud to say it then. You were right, Jordan. I hope that means something now.
To Grandma,
I kept your ring in my pocket on my interview. I got the job. I think you already knew I would.
Address it to someone. Say what you never got to. Your name's never attached.
It becomes a letter anyone can read, feel, and share.
Maybe someone already wrote the thing you needed to hear.