Grief Letters
Read personal stories from people who are writing about grief.
Read personal stories from people who are writing about grief.
My Dear Dad, You are the person I admire most in the world. When Mom left us at an early age, you were the one who took care of me and you were both father and mother to me. I have hurt you many times, but you have never given up your responsibility. The biggest mistake I made is my life was t...
TO MY BELOVED LATE HUSBAND, LAST WEEK WAS TWO YEARS SINCE I LOST YOU. CONTINUING ON WITH LIFE WITHOUT YOU HAS BEEN SO DIFFICULT AND SO PAINFUL. FREQUENTLY I SEE OR HEAR SOMETHING THAT REMINDS ME OF YOU, AND ALL I CAN DO IS BURST INTO TEARS. I STILL YEARN TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE YOU HERE WITH ME. T...
Dear Mom, Growing up, and even now in my adult years, I am trying to figure out what I have done so wrong. You have always treated me like any decision I ever made was bad. You told my children that I shouldn't be their mother, all because I worked full time. Now that I am an adult, it makes ...
To The Man I Lost, When I heard you passed away, my world stopped. Time stood still. I become rock solid and cold. My tears took a while to show up, but when they finally did, they didn't cease to stream down my face for weeks. First came the shock, then the pain along with all the sadness ...
DEAR DAD, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GONE FOR TWELVE YEARS. YOU WERE ONLY FORTY-SEVEN WHEN YOU DIED ON THAT SOFTBALL FIELD. THAT WAS THE HARDEST DAY OF MY LIFE. WHEN I GOT THE CALL FROM MY FRIEND WHO WAS ON YOUR TEAM THAT YOU HAD A HEART ATTACK, I YELLED AT HIM FOR PLAYING A SICK...
To My Beautiful Blonde Twin, (Remember when we first truly met, it was because everyone thought we were twin sisters? I miss you terribly! Rarely does a day go by when you're not in the forefront of my mind. I still grieve your family's loss. I live for the loss of you in my life. For so many ...
Dear Ex Love My whole life I was concerned with being a good person land someone that my family could be proud of I grew up seeing my sister getting hurt by her boyfriends and my mom crying because of the inconsideration of my father, I honestly believed if I worked hard enough and became a docto...
Dear Sister, I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately and have been meaning to write to you. But, every time I sit down I feel like I encounter problems. It's not an excuse for the length of time it has been since we have talked, I should have gotten in touch sooner. I want you to know how much ...
Dear Daddy, I just want to tell you how sad my life has been since you died. I’m glad that for 8 years after Mama died you came and lived with me. I didn’t always realize it, but it was such a pleasure and privilege to have you here and be able to help care for you. I wish you had not been a smok...
To the man who stole my heart then broke it, Do you have any idea how much you have hurt me? Even now, years later I find myself still thinking of your day and night. I hate that you haunt my every waking moment as well as my dreams, you were perfect in my eyes, you became Unforgettable to me, Ev...
My love, I never had the chance to tell you this in person, you left too early for me to express call my feelings. Since the moment I saw you when I walked into that classroom, I knew you were special. You had magic in your eyes a smile that could brighten my day and a sense of humor that could m...
Dad, Over the years I never felt that I was good enough for you, it seemed like everyone was more important. All I ever wanted was your love and for the longest time I tried to get your attention. But finally gave up when you choose not to come to my college graduations. I knew then I could never...
Dear Mom, your birthday just passed, and it was so surreal to think about it. It felt like good timing - a chance to celebrate your beautiful life just a couple months after your death... But it was also really hard. I had to be friendly & welcoming & social, and I was really struggling, I miss y...
Dear Mom, I love you! For some reason I cant think of any other way to start this letter towerted to you in all fand happiness, but somehow there is salurays an emptiness that I feel, being away from your loving embrace is difficult & inspite of vall the comfort that og cet in my new house and al...
Dear Mom, I have loved you. I have hurt you. At times I have ignored you as well. But you know, I never meant to do that knowingly. There were times when yo have loved and cared for me much more than yourself. I feel pained when I remember those moments when I had screamed and shouted at you....
To The Baby I Never Met, I wanted to be your mother. I was so excited when the doctor told me I was pregnant. I already had two daughters and was excited to have a third baby. You were due on Mother’s Day in 2003. I counted the weeks of pregnancy, ticking off each day like one step closer...
Dear Soberly Healthy, Have you ever done the Drug called Pain? You trip so hard you wonder why anyone does anything else. Have you every wanted to feel every cell, every atom in your body and sleepless nights. It makes life so real you know its not a dream or a mere simulation. Though some pe...
Dear Friend, I have always known that you were very independent with our relationship. Since Seventh grade you would go through phases of aloofness or complete absence from my life. When you started dating that tattoo artist, the periods of absence became longer and longer. When you finally ...
Dear Papa, I wish that things could be different between us, wish that they could go back to the way that they were- we were close and enjoyed each other’s company, I told you everything & you taught me most of what I knew & believed to be true. Nowadays, we are no longer father and daughter...
Dear lovely lady whose heart is broke, I am sorry that I broke your heart. I'm sorry that I put you through that pain and I'm sorry that I betrayed you, your trust, and our vows. That was the biggest mistake in my life and I regret it each and every day and I will for as long as I live. I did...
Dear Former Best Friend The first time you gave me up for no reason was painful and confusing. We have so much history. You had my friend in seventh grade ask me if I would be your girlfriend, and I told her to tell you yes. After two weeks we realized we made better friends, and throughout ...
To The Man I thought I'd Marry, I see you. I see you there with her, on the street outside the bar after closing, faces pressed together, oblivious to the world. I see you secretly checking your phone when you think I'm not looking and smiling to yourself. I see you lock your iPad now - that's...
To the man who broke my heart, Although I knew I could never have you to myself I truly thought you loved me back. I have never stopped thinking about you for more than a few minutes at a time, but you made it clear you stop thinking about me. I asked you time and time again "why?" And if...
Dear old friend, I still think about you from time to time. I know we had a lot of history. At some point we were best friends! Oh how time flew. I have a lot of resentment. The last time we spoke was bittersweet. And though I initially intended to remain in contact with you… Perhaps it was b...
Dear Precious Angel, I've missed you so much. Since the day you left my heart has been crushed in a thousand pieces. I loved you so much. Your smile, your heart, your angel attitude. I want to be with you again. I want to treat you like you deserve this time. I want to hold your hand and kiss you...
Hey Friends, I would like to share a painful story of my life with you. I was one of the best students in my school days, I studied well and I did everything well with my schooling. But, after I entered college, I lost a lot of things, skills, my identity. One of the main incidents that change me...
To My dearest friend, I wanted to let you know how I feel. You were one of my best friends growing up. Your family was like my family and my family like yours. I was so thankful to have a friend being the only black student at the school. You never made me feel different and always made me feel n...
Dear Honeypie, It has been four months since we ended things between us. Truth be told, I miss you. I still can't figure out how things went south between us. I was still thinking of how to plan for our wedding, sometime in August. The month of March, April, and May has never been the same, most...
Hello Friend, I know it has been quite some time since we last spoke, and over time we have grown apart from each other as friends. I guess I never really realized how important you are to me until you left. It really makes me wish that I would have told you how I really feel about you when we w...
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Dear Friend, Sometimes my thoughts clog my mind. Do you ever have that happen? When I can't share something in my heart, it just seems to weigh heavier on me. Two months ago was the anniversary of my brother's death. It's the first year I haven't been able to be home and spend time with my parent...
Dear Brother, You called me today around sunset but I did not pick up. I did not pick up because I was crying tears of frustration. This coronavirus pandemic and lockdown is really getting to me. I am starting to feel hopeless and depressed and my anxiety is actin gup really badly. I know you alw...
To The Woman I Cherish, My Secret, this has constantly been with me for over 28 years and has constantly been a burden to me and my soul. My soul feels out of place staring in a room full of humans. My thought always wandered home. The burden of not being understood. The burden of being misinterp...
My Dear Friend, It was a wonderful time we had in our school days. We enjoyed playing in pools, parks, and in our school independently. Those days are nostalgic now. I have a 7-year-old daughter. She is not allowed to ever go outside, touch anyone or even our parents are not allowed to see her. I...
Dear Friend, These days have been very hard for me financially. I have been struggling with food and paying bills. I have not been doing well because I left my job before the COVID-19 crisis came about. I had taken a part-time gig but that does not help much with the bills. So I have been feeling...
TO MY BEST FRIEND, I REALLY HATE IT HERE. I KNOW I WAS DOING A GOOD DEED BY AGREEING TO COME HERE, AND I DON'T REGRET THAT ASPECT OF IT, AN ACT OF KINDNESS FOR SOMEONE ELSE, BUT THAT DEED IS DONE NOW. IT'S OVER, AND NOW THAT I'M ACING THE PERMANENCE Of MY LIFE NOW, THE SHEER KNOWLEDGE THAT BY COM...
Dear Bestie, How are you doing? How is family and work? And how have you been able to move on during this time? Sincerely speaking, I felt very unhappy not visiting you during this pandemic and nationwide lockdown. My expressions during the pandemic was alarming and suicidal. The kind of loneline...
Dear Love, I know it has been a year since we last spoke but I still think of you every day. I think every day about how things could have been different so that we could have stayed together. I always think about the good times that we had, but then it always goes back to the time it went downhi...
To the love of my life, from your first love, I wanted to shake off these feelings and an infinite number of times because of pride. I decided I cannot continue to let my pride control me. First off, I am so sorry for treating you in any way accept what you deserved. So many times I projected my ...
To the One That Got Away, You're married now and have a kid. And I'm truly happy for you, I am. Because deep down I know we wouldn't have worked. Despite having passion, despite loving each other, despite "getting each other," despite making each other laugh, there was always something missing. S...
To The Lover Who Hurt Me, It's been almost a week since we've last spoke. The last conversation we had was you telling me that you did not want a relationship with me. You told me I deserved better and that you could not give me what I was looking for. That cut me deep. How could you say this...
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