Stacy's Writing Team - March 18

Write to Stacy.

Age: 50-something
Requested by: Son’s Best Friend
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Issue: Grief

What’s going on? My best friend passed away suddenly and tragically in May 2024 at a very young age of 24. His mom is really struggling with the loss of her son. She’s struggling to make sense of her thoughts and feelings and how to manage everyday while feeling like nothing makes sense. Some days are hard and some days she can laugh but feels guilty for those moments. She’s feeling this gapping hole and just needs all the love and support!

What do you love most about this girl? She’s the most giving and loving human you will ever meet. So selfless and kind and compassionate. Would give the world for others around her always volunteering at school and church events, helping her friends and family, always attending her students events and making sure people around her feel loved. She goes out of her way to give and never asks for things in return and is so sweet and genuine and supportive.

Notes: Please don’t tell her how to grieve or that it was Gods plan and her son is better in heaven then here. Be empathetic to her situation and give love and care and be tender

Write your letter and get it in the mail within one week to The Letter Project at P.O. Box 218, Kingsville, MO 64061. We’ll take it from there! You can place multiple letters in one envelope, as long as each letter/card clearly identifies the letter recipient.

*Please note that The Letter Project does not edit the content of the request to maintain the integrity of the situation. TLP is not responsible for any typos, misspellings, or incorrect phrasing. Should you have a question regarding a request, please email TLP.

Hattie's Writing Team - March 18

Write to Hattie.

Age: 60s + 70s
Requested by: Daughter
Location: Texas, USA
Issue: Grief

What’s going on? We lost my oldest brother a couple of years ago. The holidays are terrible for her as she is the one who found him dead. She just needs to feel a little extra love this year. It hurts so much to see her crying all the time at the holidays because Jerry isn't here anymore.

What do you love most about this girl? She puts her entire heart into taking care of everyone and is even raising her great granddaughter. She just started a worm farm (yes a worm farm!) And takes extra care of dad. His heart is only operating at 15% so she's constantly stressed but never shows it. She's pure beauty and strength.

Anything else? She's been my step mom since 1997. I couldn't have asked God for a better 2nd mom. Her and my dad got married after both of them lost their first spouses to heart attacks.

Write your letter and get it in the mail within one week to The Letter Project at P.O. Box 218, Kingsville, MO 64061. We’ll take it from there! You can place multiple letters in one envelope, as long as each letter/card clearly identifies the letter recipient.

*Please note that The Letter Project does not edit the content of the request to maintain the integrity of the situation. TLP is not responsible for any typos, misspellings, or incorrect phrasing. Should you have a question regarding a request, please email TLP.

Patricia's Writing Team - March 18

Write to Patricia.

Age: 60s + 70s
Requested by: Daughter
Location: Texas, USA
Issue: Health Illness/Concerns

What’s going on? I called 911 in November because she wasn't feeling well and she had fallen. Upon arrival at the ER, we found out she has an 11 x 8 inch clear cell renal carcinoma mass on her kidney as well as clots in her lungs. It has been a lot of news very quickly and she and my stepdad are struggling. They are believers in Christ and my mother is 78. She asks about her mail everyday in hopes she recvd a card or anything and the answer is always no.

What do you love most about this girl? My mother is a retired LVN nurse. She has always shown me care and concern when I've had my own health issues. I'd really like to be there for her to give back to her the support she has always so selflessly given me.my mom is stubborn at times but she is a force for good overall. If I could please get her some encouraging or even some jokes as she has an amazing sense of humor. She is wholesome and she doesn't curse so that is also something to consider. I see a lot of F cancer but that isn't what she needs to necessarily hear, please. Thank you for this project. What a blessing.

Anything else? It is a very trying time. We've cried, we've rejoiced in what is good, and we have been humbled. It would mean so much to me to rally the troops on my mother's behalf. Prayers are always welcomed too. Thank you

Write your letter and get it in the mail within one week to The Letter Project at P.O. Box 218, Kingsville, MO 64061. We’ll take it from there! You can place multiple letters in one envelope, as long as each letter/card clearly identifies the letter recipient.

*Please note that The Letter Project does not edit the content of the request to maintain the integrity of the situation. TLP is not responsible for any typos, misspellings, or incorrect phrasing. Should you have a question regarding a request, please email TLP.

Karen (in CT)'s Writing Team - February 17

Write to Karen.

Age: 60s + 70s
Requested by: Granddaughter
Location: Connecticut, USA
Issue: Self-Confidence

What’s going on? My grandmother is an amazing Christian woman. She has endured so much in her life. She had five children, but at 17 years old, she was forced to give up her first baby for adoption after a week in the hospital bonding with him, under the threat of homelessness. Even after complying, she was kicked out by her stepfather, a pastor. Her mother constantly told her she didn’t love her and has struggled to see her worth all her life.

She spent much of her life as a caregiver, looking after her husband’s mother, her own mother, my cousins, me, and more than seven of us kids during some summers and all throughout the year—on top of all the people she cared for in nursing. No matter what she faced, she was always there for others.

Now, in her later years, she faces serious health challenges and lives with her autistic husband, who barely notices her or mocks her. All of her siblings have passed away. With limited mobility and confined to a wheelchair, she hasn’t seen her horses in years. In constant pain, she struggles with a deep sense of loss and lack of purpose.

What do you love most about this girl? She loves animals—dogs, cats, goats, and birds, especially her parakeets—and her passion for horses has always been a significant part of her life. In addition to being incredibly strong and brave, she’s endlessly creative and well-organized, qualities that earned her the well-deserved Betty Crocker Homemaker Award in high school. As a grandmother, she’s fantastic, and I feel truly blessed to know her so deeply. A devoted Christian, she loves the Lord and has been teaching me about tithing. To call her generous would be an understatement; despite being taken advantage of in many ways, she never stops giving.

Anything else you want to tell us? She feels abandoned by much of her family. In this fast-paced world, many of her children are too busy to take the time to talk with her or reconcile the past, where they felt she was too tough on them. She raised me too, and yes, she was tough, but only because she truly loves us. I understand how everything she’s been through shaped her into someone who wore a lot of armor. Now, she’s shed so much of that armor, but her children won’t give her the chance to show them who she has become—a person who has always been loving at her core but is now softer around the edges.

She needs to lose some weight to qualify for surgery that would help her walk again, but finding the motivation is challenging. Food is one of her few remaining comforts, and she has limited support for her self-care journey.

I want her to know she is loved. She has never felt like she is “home,” but she belongs here and is worthy of loving herself with the same love that God has for her.

Write your letter and get it in the mail within one week to The Letter Project at P.O. Box 218, Kingsville, MO 64061. We’ll take it from there! You can place multiple letters in one envelope, as long as each letter/card clearly identifies the letter recipient.

*Please note that The Letter Project does not edit the content of the request to maintain the integrity of the situation. TLP is not responsible for any typos, misspellings, or incorrect phrasing. Should you have a question regarding a request, please email TLP.