January 2011
52 posts
Things You Overlooked
Dear Society,
You truly have no idea what you’ve put me through. All the pain and suffering, happiness and elation. You’ve tortured me for being different, yet applauded my “quirky” attitude. You’ve made me feel like complete shit, and thought nothing of it. I am weird, therefore have no feelings… or at least that’s how you see it. You think you’re...
Things You Overlooked
Dear Society,
You truly have no idea what you’ve put me through. All the pain and suffering, happiness and elation. You’ve tortured me for being different, yet applauded my “quirky” attitude. You’ve made me feel like complete shit, and thought nothing of it. I am weird, therefore have no feelings… or at least that’s how you see it. You think you’re...
December 2010
50 posts
So Much More
Dear Dad,
When I was nine, you died of a heart attack. And for a good while, maybe five years or so, I honestly convinced myself that it was my fault. I had decided to go to the movies that day, and that is where you started having chest pains and had to be driven to the hospital. I told myself if we hadn’t gone, we could have gotten you there faster and you could have lived. But now...
So Much More
Dear Dad,
When I was nine, you died of a heart attack. And for a good while, maybe five years or so, I honestly convinced myself that it was my fault. I had decided to go to the movies that day, and that is where you started having chest pains and had to be driven to the hospital. I told myself if we hadn’t gone, we could have gotten you there faster and you could have lived. But now...
Stop Running
Dear Cat,
I want to pet you so stop running away. I really, really like you. I will take care of you if you let me pet you. I will give you water and food and let you sleep in my bed.
From,
Griffin, age 8
Stop Running
Dear Cat,
I want to pet you so stop running away. I really, really like you. I will take care of you if you let me pet you. I will give you water and food and let you sleep in my bed.
From,
Griffin, age 8
The Glue
Dear Mr. K,
I never met you. I was simply a friend to your son while you were very sick. When you died, I saw a large piece of him die, too. As I got to know him, I fell in love with him. In a strange way, I also fell in love with you, because he talked about you so much. I feel like I know you as well as my own father. You are still the biggest influence in his life.
You were the glue that...
The Glue
Dear Mr. K,
I never met you. I was simply a friend to your son while you were very sick. When you died, I saw a large piece of him die, too. As I got to know him, I fell in love with him. In a strange way, I also fell in love with you, because he talked about you so much. I feel like I know you as well as my own father. You are still the biggest influence in his life.
You were the glue that...
Be Strong
Dear Brother,
Thank you for not overdosing. I do not know what I would have done if you killed yourself. I hope that you have stopped and you are getting better. Please never scare me like that again. I would love to see or talk to you. But if not, just remember, be strong. I love you to the moon and back, Sister, age 18
Be Strong
Dear Brother,
Thank you for not overdosing. I do not know what I would have done if you killed yourself. I hope that you have stopped and you are getting better. Please never scare me like that again. I would love to see or talk to you. But if not, just remember, be strong. I love you to the moon and back, Sister, age 18
My Kindred Spirit
Dear Sara,
It’s been 19 months since you’ve been gone and I still think of you every single day. Some days are easier than others. Then there are the days, if it wasn’t for the kids, I would hide in bed all day. Having to live life without you in it is terrible either way. Thirty years just wasn’t enough. It never will be.
I know you would be disappointed that I haven’t reached out to Landon since...
My Kindred Spirit
Dear Sara,
It’s been 19 months since you’ve been gone and I still think of you every single day. Some days are easier than others. Then there are the days, if it wasn’t for the kids, I would hide in bed all day. Having to live life without you in it is terrible either way. Thirty years just wasn’t enough. It never will be.
I know you would be disappointed that I haven’t reached out to Landon since...
Kindred Spirit
Dear Sara,
It’s been 19 months since you’ve been gone and I still think of you every single day. Some days are easier than others. Then there are the days, if it wasn’t for the kids, I would hide in bed all day. Having to live life without you in it is terrible either way. Thirty years just wasn’t enough. It never will be.
I know you would be disappointed that I haven’t reached out to Landon...
Always Waiting
Dear Clayton,
I loved you every day that you told me to wait. You asked me not to give up on you, so I didn’t. I waited, day after day. I wrote you 822 letters: each of them was sent, none were ever reciprocated. Even though you never wrote me back, I still loved you. I just wish that that love would have been enough; that you wouldn’t have walked away, saying that you still loved me...
Always Waiting
Dear Clayton,
I loved you every day that you told me to wait. You asked me not to give up on you, so I didn’t. I waited, day after day. I wrote you 822 letters: each of them was sent, none were ever reciprocated. Even though you never wrote me back, I still loved you. I just wish that that love would have been enough; that you wouldn’t have walked away, saying that you still loved me...
No Better Father
Dear Daddy,
I just want you to know how much I love you. Everyone knows that I am a daddy’s girl. You are my rock and my support. When I am hurting, you are there for me no matter what. Your arms are always open wide for me to fall into when I feel like everyone else has turned their backs on me. Even when you disagree with some of the decisions I make, you are always quick to forgive me....
No Better Father
Dear Daddy,
I just want you to know how much I love you. Everyone knows that I am a daddy’s girl. You are my rock and my support. When I am hurting, you are there for me no matter what. Your arms are always open wide for me to fall into when I feel like everyone else has turned their backs on me. Even when you disagree with some of the decisions I make, you are always quick to forgive me....
Best Boy in Heaven
My sweet baby boy,
You were only three years old when you went to heaven. If I could tell you anything, I would say thank you for bringing so much love and joy to me and your daddy. I wake up thinking about you and I go to bed thinking about you. I will never understand why God took you away so quickly from our lives.
I do know that, because of you I realized what I should do with the rest...
Best Boy in Heaven
My sweet baby boy,
You were only three years old when you went to heaven. If I could tell you anything, I would say thank you for bringing so much love and joy to me and your daddy. I wake up thinking about you and I go to bed thinking about you. I will never understand why God took you away so quickly from our lives.
I do know that, because of you I realized what I should do with the rest...
I still Hope
Dear Tiger,
All the memories I have of you can’t be put into one letter. It’s crazy to think that years have gone by and I still miss you the same as when I first found out you got out of the house. Some people may say, “Oh it’s just an animal,” but you were family to me and you still are. I always knew there would come a day when you would leave to a better ...
I still Hope
Dear Tiger,
All the memories I have of you can’t be put into one letter. It’s crazy to think that years have gone by and I still miss you the same as when I first found out you got out of the house. Some people may say, “Oh it’s just an animal,” but you were family to me and you still are. I always knew there would come a day when you would leave to a better ...
Your Legacy
Dear Dad,
It has been almost two years since you died. I wish that I had more understanding of you before you died. If I did, I may have been more supportive, and tried to help you. Instead I yelled at you, and didn’t talk to you. I lost out on learning about you because of my own stubbornness. You had a problem, and you needed help. I may have been the person that could make a difference,...
Your Legacy
Dear Dad,
It has been almost two years since you died. I wish that I had more understanding of you before you died. If I did, I may have been more supportive, and tried to help you. Instead I yelled at you, and didn’t talk to you. I lost out on learning about you because of my own stubbornness. You had a problem, and you needed help. I may have been the person that could make a difference,...
Pick-Me-Up
Dear ex-boyfriend, I’d like to let you know that part of me is glad that you hurt me. Part of my is glad that you abused my trust, part of me is glad that you betrayed me. You knocked my self-esteem to its lowest. I was vulnerable, usable and disposable because of you. You made me feel like I wasn’t worth any man, like I was going to be alone forever. Like I had no real future.
...
Pick-Me-Up
Dear ex-boyfriend, I’d like to let you know that part of me is glad that you hurt me. Part of my is glad that you abused my trust, part of me is glad that you betrayed me. You knocked my self-esteem to its lowest. I was vulnerable, usable and disposable because of you. You made me feel like I wasn’t worth any man, like I was going to be alone forever. Like I had no real future.
...
Break Your Heart
Dear Dad,
I wonder every day how long you are going to be around. It’s so hard to see you go through the chemo and everything that has taken such a toll on you. The doctors said you would be here six months. It has been more than a year, so every day I thank God that you are here.
I know that in others circumstances, if I would tell you I met someone, you would be happy. She is...
Break Your Heart
Dear Dad,
I wonder every day how long you are going to be around. It’s so hard to see you go through the chemo and everything that has taken such a toll on you. The doctors said you would be here six months. It has been more than a year, so every day I thank God that you are here.
I know that in others circumstances, if I would tell you I met someone, you would be happy. She is...
Another Life
My love, Why did I have to meet you now? Why couldn’t we have met ten years ago when we were free to love and choose. For what it’s worth, it would have been you. In my heart it will always be you. Sarah, age 32
Another Life
My love,
Why did I have to meet you now? Why couldn’t we have met ten years ago when we were free to love and choose?
For what it’s worth, it would have been you. In my heart it will always be you.
Sarah, age 32
Protect You
Lisa,
It seems so silly for me to be doing this now, writing to you as if you are still here. I’m trying so hard to forgive myself for not being there to help you that night. I was given so many signs that something was going to happen, and I ignored every single one.
Mom and Dad shouldn’t have come to see me that weekend for Jake’s birthday. They should have stayed to be there at the hospital...
Protect You
Lisa,
It seems so silly for me to be doing this now, writing to you as if you are still here. I’m trying so hard to forgive myself for not being there to help you that night. I was given so many signs that something was going to happen, and I ignored every single one.
Mom and Dad shouldn’t have come to see me that weekend for Jake’s birthday. They should have stayed to be there at the hospital...
Always There
June,
I heard you fell the other day. I called you and Sprocket answered the phone. I asked for you and he said you had fallen and had been in the hospital.
You have always been there for me since I was a little kid. You were there when I was depressed because my parents were getting divorced. You were there when I was an adult and needed advice about my marriage. You were there when my...
Always There
June,
I heard you fell the other day. I called you and Sprocket answered the phone. I asked for you and he said you had fallen and had been in the hospital.
You have always been there for me since I was a little kid. You were there when I was depressed because my parents were getting divorced. You were there when I was an adult and needed advice about my marriage. You were there when my...
Workaholics
Dear Parents,
You raised me, fed me, gave me shelter. But I’ve always felt that you have lacked giving me one thing.
It always seems like your jobs come first, and I hate it. I wish you would ask me about my problems. I wish that you cared more. I love you guys so much, and I wish that we could just get along.
But life gets tough sometimes and I hope that some day I will live up to your...
Workaholics
Dear Parents,
You raised me, fed me, gave me shelter. But I’ve always felt that you have lacked giving me one thing.
It always seems like your jobs come first, and I hate it. I wish you would ask me about my problems. I wish that you cared more. I love you guys so much, and I wish that we could just get along.
But life gets tough sometimes and I hope that some day I will live up to your...
Family Man
Pop Pop,
Crazy how the time flew. I remember like it was yesterday. You were helping raise me while mom and dad were working all the time. You and Grammy were amazing people for taking us in and watching us as if we were your own. I never knew what it meant to lose someone until you both left me.
I remember you holding my hand jumping off the 1 inch ledge and acting as though it was a cliff....
Family Man
Pop Pop,
Crazy how the time flew. I remember like it was yesterday. You were helping raise me while mom and dad were working all the time. You and Grammy were amazing people for taking us in and watching us as if we were your own. I never knew what it meant to lose someone until you both left me.
I remember you holding my hand jumping off the 1 inch ledge and acting as though it was a cliff....
Face to Face
Dear Girl,
I am sorry. I know I was only seven, and I know people tell me that I wasn’t responsible. But I am sorry for what I did. Every once in a while, I get updates and hear that you are struggling with drugs and are a huge participant in the party scene. It was a simple thing I don’t even know— the books call it sexual abuse. It happened once where I initiated it, and it...
Face to Face
Dear Girl,
I am sorry. I know I was only seven, and I know people tell me that I wasn’t responsible. But I am sorry for what I did. Every once in a while, I get updates and hear that you are struggling with drugs and are a huge participant in the party scene. It was a simple thing I don’t even know— the books call it sexual abuse. It happened once where I initiated it, and it...
Sharks
Dear best friend in preschool,
You were great from the first time I was with you. I wish I could have gone to your house just once more. You were always there for me when I needed you and we could always have so much fun at play time. Swimming class was my favorite with you. We always got up to go in unison and introduced new people the same way. We would take our hands and pretend they...
Not Just a Dog
Dear Rusty,
It has been nearly two months since you died, and people are looking at me weird. I think some want to say, “It was just a dog.” They wouldn’t dare.
I cry about you every single day. I think of all the fun your Daddy and I had with you. I watch the home movies we made of you barking at us when we teased you with toys. You brought us so much joy, and with you gone, there is none. ...
Each Day is a Gift
Dear 14 year-old Me, Stop worrying about all of the little things. Don’t get so carried away with all of the bad things. Instead, stay positive and remember each day is a gift. You’re going to make mistakes. Stop trying to be perfect all of the time. Accept your mistakes and learn from them. Find one reason each day to smile, because you’ve been crying too much. Spend time with...
Fly Right
Dear Jimmie,
After 13 years now, you probably won’t remember me as I was one of many then. I just wanted you to know that, although you treated me like crap for the whole month we were “together”, you gave me a truly precious gift.
You gave me a son who has brought me more joy, compassion and love than I thought possible. He ‘s everything I never knew I wanted. He’s...
Like a Lifetime
Daddy,
If I knew that night when you left for Maine that you were going to die, I would have told you I loved you and would have given you a bigger hug and kiss. I was too busy on the phone with my boyfriend and watching t.v to even care that you were leaving. I still remember your last words as you walked out the door. “Here’s your lunch money for tomorrow, honey.” I said...
Secret Attics
Dear Brother, Three years ago around Christmas time, Dad tried to kill himself. When I visited him in the hospital, he told me he had a noose prepared in the attic. I knew the Christmas presents weren’t up there. I just didn’t know how else to tell you. I’m sorry.
Haley, age 16
Never the Same
Dear Driver, After almost 15 years now, I still think about you. Who you where or what you did for living. I wonder why you didn´t stop to help my parents, the couple that you hit with your car. After the accident they where never the same. My mom got very sensitive and my dad started to get mad to her because she didn´t have the same patience as before. To tell you the truth, she doesnt has...
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Thank you, thank you, thank you
Dear G,
When you passed away, I felt like the floor was ripped out from beneath me. It was so unexpected. I knew you were struggling but never in a million years did I think things were so bad that you would take your own life.
Most people were angry but I never really was. I knew you; you are good and unselfish to the core so I knew that you didn’t do this to hurt us. I just wish I knew why....
A Coward
To the three I will never see, An apology will never be adequate. Your mother and I were, and still are, young. Her father is slowly dying. Neither one of us could have ever given the love or care you would deserve. The shock of new life in the family, and the disappointment on both sides, were enough that we thought the news might kill him. But there are no excuses that will ever be adequate...
A Kid Again
Dear Mom,
I’ve spent about seven years now watching you in that bed. Sometimes I pretend to myself that you really can’t get out of it, and that makes me feel a little bit better for a while.
But those times I can’t fool myself, those times when I know that its all in your head, those are the times I can’t handle anymore. You smothered me for too long and then just...