Longing Letters
Read personal stories from people who are writing about longing.
Read personal stories from people who are writing about longing.
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...
My dear Sister, I honestly didn't know how hard it would be for me when you moved. I thought I could handle it. You weren't going to be too far away. I should be able to visit you when I want. But unfortunately, I didn't realize how wrong I was. My debt makes it almost impossible for me to come v...
To You The Love of My Life, I met you in a moment in my life when life was uncertain and I had given up in ever finding true love. People told me that I was a fool and that such things were fairytales, I believed in my whole heart that that was not true. You were in that chatroom and l clicked on...
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 ...
To my darling, I miss you so much already. I am counting the days until I can see you again. Happy anniversary! That makes 16 months! I didn't forget, aren't you proud of me? I hope you're having a little celebration even though I can't be there. Have the cats keep you company. Don't let yourself...
Dear Future Husband, Is it odd that I miss you when we have never met. It's really exhausting waiting for you! Nevertheless, I've made the most of my time alone, having visited over twenty states & foreign countries, earning two degrees, gone on three humanitarian trips, served a long-term missio...
Dear Sister, I am so sorry I have left you to deal with our parents all alone. It’s not fair we have to deal with their dysfunction and drama, but it is even worse I have removed myself from it knowing you cannot. I don't know how I am supposed to balance those things. If you are angry at me, I u...
TO THE PERSON FROM MY PAST - I still think about you. I still dream about you. I do not know why. and I honestly cannot understand it is just a bit unusual for me to experience such things when I should already be over you by now. I know I am and I know we both have already moved on - We do not t...
Dear Dad. It's been a while that I haven't called you. I am writing this letter to express my deep feelings which I couldn't express on phone. There were days when you used to cally me over your shoulders and used to recite poems and stories to make me feel good. You have taught me the the meanin...
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...
Dear Dad, I'm still angry with you. I'm angry at you for being so involved in my life and then dropping me. I'm angry at you for what you did to my mom, and to our family- I'm angry at you for devoting more of your attention to your phone, ipad, laptop, and tv than to your family. I'm angry that ...
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...
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...
To, My dearest friend, I wanted to disclose my feelings to you many years ago, but could not gather the courage to do so, I thought that you may not reciprocate my love fear of rejection prevented me from talking to you openly, but in my heart, I always wished that you could sense my feelings and...
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 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 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...
My Dear Mamma, I love you so much you are my universe. You are my best friend ever. I feel lucky and proud to have you in my life. You gave me strength to face the struggles. You taught me to get up from the failures instead of scolding me. Whatever things I asked, you did not hesitate and bought...
To My Dearest Wife, I suppose you know that I'm frequently unhappy. And I think we both know that likely due to the fact, in part, that I likely suffer from depression. But, there is a little more to the story. I often find myself feeling dissatisfied with our sex life. I don't want to ever say a...
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...
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 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 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 An Old Love, I wish we could have met at a better time in our lives. You were about to graduate, a semester early even, and I was still just a junior in college. You're from the city and I'm from Upstate. Neither of us wanted to do a long-distance relationship, so we just left our status as...
Dear, It is almost a month since we broke up. I am so lonely, that I can barely cope. As one needs happiness so do I still need you in my heart. The whole break up wasn't my idea and up till this moment I can barely understand why you chose to end things when I was just preparing to propose t...
To the Mother I Never Knew, How do you say hello, to someone that you can’t remember, but who gave you such an amazing life? I wonder about you often. Do you think about me? All I know about you, is that you were young, when you brought me into this world. I imagine that you were afraid, that...
Dear Mama, Hi! I love you. I just want to start this letter off by saying that I love and miss you and the family so dearly! I knew that I was taking a huge risk moving across the country for love, and that I would be abandoning my sense of community and security in doing so, but I didn't thi...
To my Mom And Dad, I know you are back together again which is the only comfort I have because life is so hard without you both. All those special occasions, my wedding day, the births of my babes, they were just so difficult without you here. My children are still so young, they would have lo...
My Dear Husband, Today is the first time in my life that I am writing a letter to you. And I am surprised that I have never written to you in my life. I think. I should have done it earlier. We have been married for the last 15 years, and it was an arranged marriage. Overall it’s a good...
To a woman I hurt, It's been over 4 years since we last spoke. We ended our relationship with "forgiveness", but I still think about it all the time. I don't feel like you truly forgave me, nor do I feel that you ever fully understood the reasons I acted how I did. I'm not even sure I remember an...
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