Loss Letters
Read personal stories from people who are writing about loss.
Read personal stories from people who are writing about loss.
I miss us more than I miss you. I miss you so much. I know you miss me too, maybe not the exact same amount but very close. I know it. I wish I could have a conversation with you without having to talk about what happened. Just talk about video games or watch a movie and talk about it just how...
To a woman I hurt, Hard to believe it’s been over 10 years since you reached out and many more since I’ve seen you. I still think about you from time to time… how smart and beautiful you are, about all of our common interests. I think about when we were kids going out for Chinese or playing vi...
To My Prince, Ever since you broke up with me 3 years ago, you haven’t left my mind. For a single day. Not a minute goes by that I don’t see or hear something that reminds me of you. Your memory haunts me & I still pray for you every day. To the point that I’ve started lighting a candle for yo...
Dear, Bobby, Sorry I am expressing how I feel with the pain I have and everything else. I am a writer at heart but that's not the point ... And I understand that we are not one anymore and if you want me to step back or anything let me know .. and I am sorry that you are going thought a lot ri...
But, Ollie Bug, I got him okay? I got your bubby. I will hug him twice as much for you & me. I love him to the moon & back just like I love you. FUCKING FOREVER! I will love you both. I am really good at living, always have been. Pretending I got this. I DON'T GOT THIS! Not lo...
To My Love, Now A Stranger, I miss you so much. I miss being with you. I miss us. Now it’s just a memory. I ask myself why? How could you move on and I’m still holding on? It’s been 2 months now. Why am I still in pain losing you? You left me without enough explanation. I thought we connected ...
Dear Ex, At this point. It’s over. I wish I had an opportunity to tell you how much you mean to me. You were different. You were a stranger. Someone I met and to learned to love. I thought you were the one. I thought you felt the same. It’s been two months since you broke up with me and I’m st...
My Dearest, I’m still grieving. Still grieving from the loss. Still adjusting. I wish we talked things through. I miss talking to you. Days are not the same, nights are not the same without you. Still you gave up so easily and here I am still holding on. With you, I felt showing my vulnerabili...
Dear Friend, I don’t have too many major regrets in my life but of the few that I have, yours pops into my head most often, and the feeling is so bitter-sweet. One night you drove me home from the party, we were parked outside my apartment. And we were joking and laughing. Somewhere in there, I d...
Dear Ex-Husband, I never felt what letting go was like until I felt you and me both went our separate ways. Though it won't be wrong to say that it was a scary feeling initially, it was also clear that the things our relationship was going through were hard to carry on with. People do say that it...
Dear Son, I wanted to tell you the reason that I was away from you for so many years. Maybe now that you're an adult you'd be able to understand my reasons. I made horrible choices that ultimately cost me everyone and everything I had in life my most importantly you and your sister. I was drinkin...
To An Old Friend, It has been years since we spoke, but I still think about you every day. I hate that our friendship ended, and I wish we could go back to the way it was in high school again, but I know it probably cannot. Is this just because we grew up and grew apart or for other reasons? I he...
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I'm easy to score, you don't need to say you love me for me to say that I'm yours. I'm kinda cheesy, I'll write you a poem that's way too long to read so I send it in sections. I'm kinda crazy, I want to know more about you, so I write 40 questions to ask you when you spend time with me. You don'...
Dear Ex Best Friend, I think about you a lot. We haven’t spoken in 3 to 4 years now and that still bothers me. I met you in the US and ever since then we were like Cheech and Chong lol. I never wanted to leave your side. I’m about to turn 31, and since our “falling out,“ my heart still hurts over...
Dear Daddy, To my pilot, my hero, my sweet father, this day is for you. What an honor it is to be your daughter. Your service and sacrifice will never be forgotten nor your bravery and courage. All gave some, some gave all so the many men and women like you will always be remembered. I’m so glad ...
Dear Friend From Long Ago, I don’t have too many major regrets in my life, but of the few that I have, yours pops into my head most often and the feeling is so bitter-sweet. We’ve been casual friends for a long time. You almost feel like a little brother to me. There is also a little spark there ...
My Dear Ex-Boyfriend Who Showed Me Love, My dear. I don’t know how you feel. But was this all just a game? A bet between you and your friends? Was I really yours? I’m sorry for the inappropriate things I said. I should’ve watched my tongue. I was mad at you. Mad at me. How could I fall in love so...
To My Old Partner, It’s been several years now since we stopped working together, but I still find myself thinking about you all the time. It’s funny, it’s an old movie cliché, man and women get together, they butt heads at first, but then they become close. Then one day one of them dramatically ...
Dear Dad, I can see the pain you’re going through and sometimes I wish you didn’t live so far away so I can have “daddy hugs” on the daily again. It’s been about 10 years since you left but I still miss you all the time. I know and understand the reasons why you had to leave. You had to live your...
To a Friend I Miss, It sure has been a while since we last spoke and I know it wasn’t exactly on good terms, but I wanted to write to let you know I’ve missed you! We spent just about all of our younger years being best friends and while we’ve also had our share of bad times, there were way more ...
To My Darling Ex, It has now been four months since you completely broke my heart. Not a day goes by I don’t think of you and wonder what you’re doing and do you think of me? I just wish I knew what I did so wrong? And how you can tell me you love me in the most romantic of ways, only to turn aro...
Dear Ex, I hope you’re doing well. I’m writing you to inform you that you have been on my mind for a while. And I want to know how you are. I cannot help but reminisce about old times and I have been thinking about you a lot as of late. You’ve been on my mind ever since you showed up at my friend...
Dear Ex-Girlfriend, not a month goes by that I don’t think about the way things ended. That day in February was bitter cold when you called me. I was in bed, hungover, and just feeling lousy about myself and life. I hated who I had become at that point. I was drinking again every day, and you wer...
Dear Friend, I know it’s been a while since we’ve talked, and that is partially my fault. I know after we broke up I lashed out at you and I feel guilty and ashamed about the behavior. I was just so very much in love with you and I was planning my future around you. I never told you or anyone els...
Dear Once Fiancé, I hope this letter finds you well. Isn’t that how all correspondence between people who haven’t spoken in a while is supposed to start out? I guess I don’t though. Because what kind of person invites her ex-fiancé to their wedding? Dear Fiancé, I hope this letter finds you ill. ...
I have had several people in my life die. I had felt a connection to them in my backyard. When I need guidance or missed them I will go into my backyard and speak to them. I have many times asked them how I should handle a situation and I truly feel like they are listening and they will guide the...
Dear Best Friend, I have wanted to bring up an issue with our friendship for some time now. The issues stem from the way you seem to have abandoned our friendship for your new girlfriend. We used to hang out at least once a week but we have not seen each other all summer despite us both working f...
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Hi Friend, I'm writing because there's something I want to get off my chest. I don't really know how to talk about it. Four years ago my youngest brother died in a car accident. It's destroyed my family. I've never felt so lost in my life. What I've never shared with anyone, though, is that I sti...
Dear Friend, It's been a while since we last spoke. I hope all is well with you and the family. I do know it hasn't been easy during this period of corona which has hit the world for more than five months now. I write you this letter to also share my experiences of my struggle with the coronaviru...
Dear Cherished Friend, It has been a fortnight since we talked and I'm hoping that all is well with you and your family. I am doing well but I must say that it has not been really well due to the current norm around the world. I have therefore decided to write you this letter to let you know of t...
Dear Past Self of 2019, I come in peace to warn you. I want to prepare you, but I don't know how to. It is very difficult to write it all on this one sheet of paper. I hope you are able to read every word. I've put a lot of time and thought into what I want to say. Please head my words. Your hear...
To My Dearest Friend, I hope that this letter finds you well. I just want to share with you what's been going on since the while COVID-19 pandemic. There have been some changes, such as my work, my husband's work, and the kid's school. What I am most upset about, I know this may sound really inap...
To My Math and Physics Teacher, When I first stepped into your room, I feared you. I feared that you wouldn't like me because I wasn't good at math. I feared you because I thought you'd get mad at me for not paying attention. I feared you the most because I thought you'd be like those teacher...
Dear Grandfather, Even though you are gone, I wanted to spend a few minutes to thank you for all the love and selfless devotion you gave me for so many years. Since my father was never around, you became our surrogate, and now I realize that you were, in all important ways, my father. I rememb...
Dear Past Lover, I didn't know what I was missing in my life until I met you. You taught me how to love, how amazing life was, and how beautiful I was, though I didn't know. The day I met you was a really good one. You came to me, speaking a language I didn't talk at all, making my cheeks red...
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...
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...
Dear Dad, It's been over 30 years since you've died. Yet there are important thoughts about you that I keep to myself. My sisters can guess, but I've never had the heart to spell it out. For them, decades of distance have enveloped their memory un a fog of nostalgic memories that obscure the ...
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 ...
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