The Things You Would Have Said

Dear Mom,

I have often thought about all the things I should have said and would like to say if I had a chance to speak to you in heaven—even just once. Sadly, I have spent even more time regretting the things that I did say, words that surely must have pierced your heart, hearing them from the lips of your only daughter. I am ashamed. I am ashamed that too often I felt embarrassed by your “quirkiness”, your perceived naiveté, or by your childlike manner. I always thought that I was so much wiser! Now I realize as I am writing, and I, too, have a daughter approaching her teenage years and I will surely fall victim at some point to her tongue as well. I will blame that on “the teenage years”, and try to find comfort in the fact that those things are often anticipated and accepted as being a rite of passage. I will chalk it up to youth and I will be forgiving (and will also take away her cell phone for a period of time).

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Dear Family,

Dog, I’m sorry for blaming you for ripping the stool. I actually ripped it. Cat, I’m sorry for dressing you up. Dad, I’m sorry for breaking your pen.

Love,
Hunter, age 9

Dear Papa Otis,

As I began to write this letter and think of you I get tears in my eyes. You have been gone for 40 years of my life, but I still miss you. It was such a blessing to have a grandfather like you. You were such a gentle man and a witness to all about your faith in God. You went to the jail each Sunday morning to pray with and for the prisoners. You were always an encourager.

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Dear Alan,

I have to tell you that I lost something on accident. It was something that you liked. The thing that I lost was your favorite game you like to play on your Nintendo DS. I was at the soccer game when you were looking for it and I forgot to tell you that I lost it. But don’t worry, we’ll find it soon. I bet it is in the box where you put your games or probably like, you already looked there and then I think it’s on the shelf. I know you’re going to get mad but at least we will find it somewhere. If we don’t find it, then you can get mad. But probably my mom or dad already found it laying on the couch or on the bed or shelf. Just remember that you still have your other games that you can play with. But if you want, if we don’t find it, I will save money to buy you a new one in the store. But I have to remember where I put it. I am going to help you find it.

From Ramon, age 11